336 BOTANY OF THE YOYAGE OF II.M.S. HERAI.D. 
Fm(l'iii<^ that Mr. Gordon's opinion coincided so entirely with my own, in order to settle the point de- 
finitively, I requested my friend Dr. Charles Bolle, at Berlin, to examine Humholdt and Bonpland's origi- 
nal specimens of P. religiosa, and to ascertain whether they had glabrous or hirtclloua hrnnches. In a 
letter from that botanist, dated Berlin, Nov. 24, 1854, he says :~" I congratulate you upon your power of 
divination, for the authentic specimens of P. religiosa in the Hoyal Herbarium have certainly hirtellous 
branches." "We may therefore conclude that P. religiosa and P. Urtella are identical, and consider the 
difference thouglit to exist between them as entirely attributable to imperfect descriptions. Now, as the 
uames were both given at the same time, it becomes a question which of the two ought to be adopted. 
The name Urtella might appear the most appropriate, as indicating a botanical character ; but as that of 
religiosa is so much more diffused, and as the plaut is used in Mexico, on account of its elegant branches, for 
ornamental purposes on religious festivities, I determine in favour of the latter name. 
631. PiNVs (PscTido-Strobus) oocarpa, Schied., Endl. Synop. Conif. p. 152.— P. radiata, Hook. 
et Aru. Bot. Beech, p. 392, nou Don.— Nomen vernacul. "Pino Bcal." Cerro de Pinal; Tepic 
(Sinclair!) ; Chihuahua (Potts! Gregg, n. 628 a!). 
635. PiNUs (Pseudo-Strobus) leiophyUa, Schied. et Depp., Endl. Synop. Conif. p. 155. Com- 
raou between Cayotes and Rio Chieo, on the road between Durango and Mazatlan. 
My guides called this tree *' Pino prieto" {i.e. Black Pine), but I do not know whether that name is 
universally in use. 
636. PJNUS (Tseda) patula^ Endl. Synop. Conif. p. 157. — Nomcn vernacul. "Pino Pinavctc?'' 
Between Mesquital and Santa Teresa, 
637. PiNUs (Pinea) cembroides, Zucc, Endl, Synop. Conif. p. 182. — Nomen vernacul. "Pino 
Pinon," Common between Durango and Rio Chico. 
This tree was met with by Hartweg (n. 440) and Gregg (n. 52) ; its seeds are sold in the shops of 
Durango as an article of food, and under the name of "Pinones." 
Another Pine, called " Ocote" by the natives (perhaps Pinus \_T(ecla\ Teocote^ Cham, et SchL), of which 
pitch is made, was obscr\'ed by me in the Sierra Madre, near the settlement of Ocote, but no specimens 
of it were procured. Cupressus fastigiata, De Cand., is cultivated for ornamental purposes at the city of 
Durango. 
PALM^. 
638. Cocos nucifera, Linn., Kth. Enum. vol. iii. p. 285. Common on the western coast, as far 
as the entrance of the Gulf of California. 
An arborescent Fan-Pahn was seen by me at the town of San Sebastian, but the specimens of it were 
lost. / 
PISTIACE^. 
639. PisTTA Stratioies, Linn. Zeyl. n. 322. In swamps; common on the coast region. 
MUSACE^. 
640, 
Succeeds well in the lower coast region, but never bears fruit at Durango, where it is cultivated for 
its ornamental foliage. 
