PINUS PINASTER. 371 



ing lamp-black that that substance derived its 

 name. 



The Pinaster also produces tar, pitch, and oil 

 of turpentine, but not of a fine quality. 



DEAD BRANCH OF PINCS LEMONIANA. 



A singular variety of Pinaster was noticed by 

 Sir Charles Lemon at Carclew in Cornwall, which 

 has been named Pinus Lemoniana. The pecu- 

 liarity of this tree is, that it bears at the extre- 

 mity of every branch a solitary cone instead of 



