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a sheath, three to five inches long; cones in clusters of four to 

 seven, oval, three inches long by two broad, of a reddish brown 

 ■before ihey are perfectly ripe; scales pyramidal, terminating in 

 an ash-green sharp point. The trees attain no great elevation, 

 averaging twenty ieet, rarely thirty, with a stem of twelve inches 

 in diameter; they are confined to half a square mile and like P. 

 insignis, by which they are surrounded on all sides, thrive in 

 coarsely decomposed granite. This species, which appears to be 

 new, I have named, in compliment to Thomas Edgar, Esq., the 

 Society's Treasurer, Pinus Edgstffana. 



"In the same locality with the ajboye Pine, I observed a Cy- 

 press (Cupressus, No. 166) with smaller cones than C. macro-' 

 carpa, of which it seems more than a variety, being a stunted 

 shrub six to ten feet high. 



"Returning by a different route, through a thick brushwood 

 of Arctostaphylos and Ceanothus, I found 0:1 the steep acclivity, 

 in a shaded dell, a Rhododendron, without seeds or flowers, form- 

 ing a shrub five feet high, well beset with fl(>wer-buds,„^j,;id Cas- 

 tanea chrysophylla (1) in the same condition; this evergreen 

 Chestnut forms a shrub three to eight feet high, of a pyramidal 

 shape, with persistent lanceolate leaves, green above, and of a 

 rich golden yellow below. From its situation, and habit in gen- 

 eral, it may be expected, if I am fortunate enough to introduce 

 it, to withstand the ordinary winters about the neighborhood of 

 L/Ondon, since it is known from experience that Ceanothus thyr- 

 sifiorus with which it grrows is of that degree of hardiness. 



In February, Dodecatheon, No. 170, appeared everywhere 

 common, as also Fragaria vesca, Cardamine, No. 174, No. 17, 

 Viola 176, Saxifraga, 178, Trillium, 182, T. 183; of shrubs two 



(1) Castanopsis sfmpervirens (Kellogg) Dudley 



166. Cupressus Goveniana Gord. 



170. Two forms were collected, one with lilac flowers, D. 

 Hendersonii, and the other with white flowers, probably D. 

 ELLTPTICUM. 



174. C. PAUCISECTA Benth. sp. nov. 



176. V. LONGIPES Nutt. 



178. S. CAI.IFORNICA Greene. 



182. T. GIGANTEUM (H. & A.) Helk-r. T. ovATu.M Pursh. 



