Miscellaneous. ei 
Academy.)——The animal above is of a uniform dark olive colour ; 
an irregular row of small yellowish spots is observed upon the 
sides of the body near the dorsum; several are also seen upon the 
neck, the upper part of the tail, and also the posterior extremities 
in the specimen examined. ‘The under part of the animal is light 
olive. 
Dimensions.—Length of head 64 lines ; greatest breadth 6 lines ; 
length of neck and body to vent 1 inch 11 lines; length of tail 2 
inches 1 line ; total length 4 inches 7 lines. 
Hab. Monterey, Upper California. It is said to be abundant in 
that region.—Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Phi- 
ladelphia, vol. iv. p. 126. 
The Pine Tree of the Tenasserim Provinces. By the Rev. F. Mason. 
Some twenty years ago the residents of Moulmain were not a 
little surprised to find, among the drift wood of the Salwen, a log 
of some coniferous tree. This was the first intimation that any tree 
of the pine tribe grew on the borders of these provinces ; but whether 
it were of the genus Pinus, or Abies, or Lariz, a pine, a fir, or a larch, 
did not appear. It was several years after this occurrence that one 
of our former commissioners told the writer he had offered a hundred 
rupees to any of the foresters who would bring down a spar of this 
tree. Spars have been subsequently brought down; but it is be- 
lieved that Captain Latter, the Superintendent of Forests in these 
provinces, is the first European who has visited the locality where 
the tree is indigenous; and from specimens of the foliage and fruit, 
which he has brought away with him, it appears to be a new species 
of Pinus, that may be characterized thus :— 
P. Lattert. Arbor 50-60 pedalis, cortice scabro, foliis geminis 7-8 
uncialibus caniculatis serratis* scabriusculis, strobilis 4 unciali- 
bus ovato-conicis, squamis rhombeis inermibus. 
Hab. In provincia Amherst: in convalli fluvii Thoungyeen. 
Descr. A tree of from 50 to 60 feet high or more, and from 14 
to 2 feet or more in diameter. Sheaths of the leaves arranged 
spirally, tubular, membranous, 6 lines long. Leaves two from each 
sheath, equal, from 7 to 8 inches long, acute with a sharp point, 
convex on the back, slightly scabrous with eight rows, in pairs, of 
very minute thorns which produce a striated appearance, hollow on 
the under surface, serrated ; cones ovate-conical, nearly 4 inches long. 
Scales rhomboid, unarmed. 
The flower is unknown ; a single ripe cone that had cast its seeds 
and a small branch being all the materials that have been furnished 
for description. 
Specimens of the wood that have fallen under the writer’s notice 
contain more resinous matter than any other species of Conifer he 
ever saw. It appears like woody fibre immersed in resin. The 
Karens make tar from the wood by a very simple process; and large 
* Lindley says of the order, ‘‘ Leaves entire at the margins;” but these 
are certainly finely serrated; and I find P. excelsa described with leaves 
“‘ toothleted.” 
