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peculiar but pleasant odour when bruised. It is perfectly hardv, 

 for Captain Fremont frequently found the thermometer at 2" 

 below zero at night, and 4 feet of snow, where it grew. The 

 cones are produced in great abundance. The seeds are ga- 

 thered by the Indians for their principal winter and spring sub- 

 sistence, and are either taken out and i<ept dry in their huts or 

 left ill tlieir natural storehouse, the cones, in heaps under the 

 trees, wliere they remain tolerably dry until wanted for use ; 

 the Indians are said to live upon them alone for months and 

 months without any other kind of food. 



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Cone of Finns Fremontiana : n, a pair of leaves ; b, a seed. 



Dr. Torrey first gave the name of " monophylla" to this Pine 

 from a supposition that the leaves were mostly solitary ; but 

 Professor Endliclier, who afterwards examined more perfect 

 specimens, found that the leaves were in twos and threes, and 

 that the solitary leaves arose from Dr. Torrey's specimens being 

 gathered from stunted plants ; he consequently altered Dr. 

 Torrey's name of monophylla to tliat of Fremontiana, in com- 

 pliment to Captain Fremont, its first discoverer. 



Shortly before leaving California for England, Mr. Hartweg 

 was informed by persons at Monterey that seeds of the Nut 

 Pine might still be obtained from the Indians in the mountains, 

 who at the proper season bring them down to the coast for sale. 

 Upon this information, Mr. Hartweg made a journey into the 

 mountains and found a few seeds still remaining at one of the 

 Indian huts, and two cones which lie pvuxhased from the in- 

 habitant. The seeds beins 



