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ed umbo as pointing to the base. In point of fact it does take a bend in 

 that direction, but the prickle which terminates the umbo takes a sudden 

 turn backwards, and points to the tip hke the following species [Cralf/- 

 ana.) The prickle in the specimen, from which Hartweg's figure has 

 been taken, has previously been rubbed off, which gives a false impression 

 of the direction of the umbo. There can be no doubt about this, because 

 my brother found all Uartweg's localities so strictly correct that he could 

 recognise the very patches of different trees that he describes having met ; 

 and he took his observations on the cones, &c., of Benthamiana from the 

 very clump of that tree described by Hartweg, as found by him near 

 Santa Cruz. There was no other tree, or clump of trees, for a great dis- 

 tance, with which it could be confounded. 



" There is also some resemblance between this Pine [Beardslcyi) and 

 P.ponderosa, as was well suggested to me by Dr. Lindley; but the shape 

 of the cone and the size and shape of the seed and wing suflaciently dis- 

 tinguish it. In P . 'pandcrosa the cone tapers to both ends, while in this 

 it tapers to the point. Its seed does not appear to be speckled in any 

 figure I have seen, (I have not seen any specimen of the seed itself), while 

 this is. The sheath of the leaf in P. ponderosa is smooth, longish, fine, 

 and tightly fitting, wherein in this it is short, corrugated, and rough ; and 

 the ponderosa is nearly twice as long, being 9 to 11 inches in length, in 

 place of 6 inches. Its leaf also wants (or nearly so) the projecting points 

 which roughen that of Beardsleyi, so that the leaves can be distinguished 

 by the feel, or drawing them forwards between the fingers." 



PiNus Craig AX A, 



It differs from P. Beardsleyi (the preceding species) in having the 

 prickle of the scale pointing towards the tip instead of the base. The 

 prickle, too, is strong and firm in Craigana ; in Bea/rdsleyi it is small 

 and weak. The apophysis, excrescence on the exposed part of the scale, 

 is smaller in point of space, but more prominent in Craigana than in 

 Beardsleyi^ which has the exposed part somewhat flat, while in Craigana 

 the upper part projects over the lower. The wing of the seed of Craig- 

 ana is shorter, and relatively broader. The seed is nearly twice the size 

 of that oi Beardsleyi, although the cones are about the same size. The 

 leaf of Craigana is finer than that of Beardsleyi, and not so long. The 

 sheath of the leaf is finer, and considerably longer. 



" Craigana was found on the same mountains as Beardsleyi, but grow- 

 ing lower down, and below it again appeared Benthamiana. It spreads 

 its branches wider from the stem than Benthamiana, and sheds its seeds 



