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male flower. The foliage of Pinus cubensis is more slender than 
that of P. palustris, and all the sheaths surrounding the leaves 
of P. cubensis are much shorter than those of P. palustris. 
It is possible that P. bahamensis, referred to this species by 
Sargent, should be kept distinct, for whilst P. cubensis has dis- 
tinctly internal resin-canals, P. bahamensis, so far as I have seen, 
has marginal canals; but further examination of authentic 
specimens is requisite to clear up the doubt. 
A cone of P. bahamensis, collected by Eggers and in the 
Natural History Museum (British Museum), is about 18 cent. 
long by 10 cent. broad, cylindric-oblong; apophysis slightly 
convex, transversely elliptie narrow, shining chestnuat-brown ; 
umbo subulate, reflexed. Other specimens are in the Museum 
at Kew. 
Rowlee, ‘ Notes on Antilean Pines’ in the Bulletin of the 
Torrey Botanical Club (1903), p. 107, states that P. heterophylla 
is not identical with Grisebach’s P. cubensis. The cones of the 
Florida species (heterophylla) are very different from those of 
the Cuban Pine, which more nearly resembles P. Taeda than 
P. heterophylla. 
Rowlee also describes a monstrosity of P. cubensis, which he 
calls var. anomala, in which the scales [query, bracts? ] have 
reverted to the primitive form of the primary leaf. 
49. Prints occrpENTALIS, Swartz; Parlatore, in DC. Prod. xvi.” 
p. 402. 
A West Indian species with 3, 4, or generally 5 three-sided 
leaves, ridged in front. The hypoderm-layer is continuous. The 
cells of the mesophy]l have infolded walls, and the resin-canals 
are in juxtaposition to the angles of the triangular meristele. 
The fibro-vascular bundle is undivided, and within the pericycle 
are numerous stereome-cells. The cones are elongate-ovoid, 
4-6 cent. long. The apophysis is flattish, with a rhomboid umbo 
terminating in a reflexed subulate mucro. 
50. P. patustris, Miller, Dict. (1768); Sargent, Silva, xi. 
(1897) p. 151, tab. 589; Trimble, fig. 14. 
A three-leaved Pine, better known under the name of australis 
(1810), and of special economic importance. It ranges from 
Virginia to Florida near the coast, and inland to the Appalachian 
Mountains and Texas (Sargent). The bud-scales are silvery- 
white, fimbriate at the edges. The leaves are in threes with 
