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quent prolongation of the antlier point, from which the name 

 of tlie genus was formed by Dr. Brown. 



23. PiNlJ S docarjm. Schiedc. 



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 JoruUo, 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 Montezumce, 



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 w^ell in 1837-8, although it looks more 

 like a shrub than a tree in our gardens, is stated by tlie 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. 



ORCHIDACEiE OF BRAZIL. 



The following is a free translation of M. Descourtilz's 

 MSS. account of the Orchidaceae 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 



