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quent prolongation of the anther point, from which the name 
of the genus was formed by Dr. Brown. 
23. PINUS docarpa. Schiede. 
As cones of this species of Pinus have lately been re- 
ceived by the Horticultural Society from Mexico, and distri- 
buted among the Fellows, I extract the following particulars 
concerning it from the account given of the species by 
Professor Schlechtendahl. 
It was found by Schiede in abundance between Ario and - 
the volcano of Jorullo, not merely in the usual pine region, 
but also in warm districts, in company with the Fan Palm. 
It forms a tree from 30 to 40 feet high. The leaves are from 
eight to eleven inches long; the cones grow singly, and the 
species is nearly related to Pinus Montezume. 
It is to be presumed that it will prove one of the less 
hardy species. 
24. PINUS Llaveana. Schiede. 
This species, now for some time in England, and which 
resisted the winter so well in 1837-8, although it looks more 
like a shrub than a tree in our gardens, is stated by the same 
author to form a tree 30 feet high,  Schiede found whole 
woods of it between Zimapan and Real del Oro, and also 
cultivated occasionally in gardens. The seeds are sold in 
the markets of Mexico as pignons, and are said to be excel- 
lent. Professor Schlechtendahl states that the cone figured 
in Mr. Loudon's Arboretum Britannicum, as belonging to 
this species, is probably that of Pinus patula. The true cone 
is given in the Pinetum Woburnense. 
ORCHIDACEZ OF BRAZIL. 
The following is a free translation of M. Descourtilz's 
MSS. account of the Orchidacez of Brazil, and I am sure it 
will be read with interest by every one occupied, in however 
slight a degree, in the cultivation of this singular and beau- 
tiful race of plants. 
It is in the bosom of the vast solitudes of America that 
these, the most diversified of plants, spring up, flower, and 
perish. The entire life of a man, though devoted to their 
