22 Muhlenbergia, Volume 7 



"These differences, which are too insignificant to establish 

 even varieties of Finns insignis, have given rise to the names 

 Pinus tuberculata and radiata, which were according to Loudon, 

 collected by the late Dr. Coulter near the sea-shore at Monterey; 

 that locality, no doubt, is Point Pinos, as it is the only habitat 

 near Monterey where pines grow close to the beach; it is at the 

 same time the place where I made the foregoing observations. 

 In all situations the cones grow three or four together in a clus- 

 ter, remaining on the trees several years after shedding the 

 seeds; are pendulous, with the apex somewhat recurved; de- 

 formed, that is, the scales on one side are more developed than 

 on the other, and enclose two winged seeds under each scale. 

 The cones are about eighteen to twenty-four months in ripen- 

 ing. 



"On the dry banks of ravines to the north east of the town, 

 the Calif ornian horse-chestnut (Pavia Californica) is common. 

 This extremely ornamental shrub or low tree rises to the height 

 of 25 feet, is of a globular shape, and produces its fragrant white 

 flowers of a delicate pink hue in great abundance on spikes 12 

 inches long; one of these spikes, which I had the curiosity to 

 count, had more than 400 open flowers and buds upon it. Of 

 shrubs I observed Ceanothus thyrsiflorus very common in the 

 pine woods, and forming an evergreen shrub 10 to 15 feet high; 

 Sambucus No. 28 (1); Lonicera racemosa (3); Spiraea ariae- 

 folia; Rhus 3 sp. (3); Caprifolium Douglasii, No. 4 (4); Dip- 

 lacus No. 65 (5); Garrya elliptica; Rosa No. 12 (6); Lupinus 

 arboreus and ornatus; Ribes speciosum and malvaceum; Aden- 

 ostoma fasciculatum, a neat little evergreen shrub allied to Spi- 

 raea; Arctostaphylos 3 sp.; a Vaccinium; Gaultheria Shallon; 



(1) Sambucus GLAUCA Nutt. 



(2) Perhaps Lonicera interrupta 41. 



(3) Probably all forms of Rhus diversiloba T. & G. 



(4) Symphoricarpos mollis Nutt. 



(5) DiPLACUS GLUTINOSUS (Wendl.) Nutt. 



(6) R. cinnamomea L. var. pedunculis solitariis geminibns. 

 Rosa pinetorum Heller, or R. californica glandulosa 

 Crepin. 



