THE TRUE PINES. 251 



PiNUS PiiirASTER Lemoniana, Loudon, Sir C. Lemon's Pine. 



Syn. Pinus Lemoniana, Beniha'm. 



A curious variety, differing from the species in its proliferous 

 habit, producing its cones at the extremity of the shoots, and 

 consequently has a stunted appearance, and becomes short-lived 

 on poor soils. 



PiNUS Pinaster minor, Loudon, the Cortean Pine. 

 Syn. Pinus maritima minor, Du Hamel. 

 „ „ „ trocata, Knight. 



„ „ dietritis, Hort. 

 This differs in having shorter leaves and smaller cones, and 

 abounds on the west coast of France, also in the neighbourhood 

 of Corte, in Corsica, where it is called '' Pin de Corte." It is 

 the " Pin de Mars," " Pin Pinsot," and "Pin h Trochet " of the 

 French, and sometimes produces its cones in large clusters of 

 more than one hundred in number. 



This variety is distinguished by its smaller cones and taller 

 habit of growth. 



Pinus Pinaster variegata, the Variegated Cluster Pine. 



This only differs in having one-third of its leaves of a pale 

 straw colour intermixed with the green ones, but sometimes 

 the entire shoot is composed of all white, and sometimes of all 

 green leaves. 



The Pin d'Edough of the French is also Pinus Pinaster (or 

 a slight modification of it, probably owing to climate), with 

 the cones more or less exuding resinous tears externally, and 

 found abundantly in the great forest of Edough, near Bona, in 

 Algeria. 



