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to a hut which was pointed out to me, I bought a gallon of the 

 fresh seeds, and inquiring about the size of the cones, the Indian 

 handed me two, with the information that the trees are of a 

 small size, when, judge ray surprise, I recognized in them those 

 of Pin us Llaveana, which I had on former occasions found in 

 several parts of Mexico. 



"Seeing there was no prospect of enriching my collection 

 of seeds by proceeding further to the south, I returned from 

 Santa Inez to San Luis Obispo, near which mission the late Dr. 

 Coulter gives the station of Pinus tnuricata, and which seemed 

 to have escaped my notice when first passing through that place. 

 Upon a nearer examination I found that on the "Crusta" or as- 

 cent from San Luis Obispo, only one kind of Pine is growing 

 on the brow of the mountains, which proved to be P. macrocarpa. 



' Fr(!m San Luis we returned to San Antonio, over a flat 

 auQ"urjin':ere;ti-'g road, and thence to Monterey, where we arri- 

 ved on the 1 8th of October. 



■'On Oc'ob-'- 25';h L again left Monterey, with my former 

 ,^u:Qe. to v: continuation of the San Antonio range of 



mountains.- •.-.,':: irom the nature of the ground on that side, 

 X attempted ~c~ b- a different route. Following along the sea 

 coast over- £ n of hills intersected by numerous deep 



we foui'id our 'urther progress impeded on the third day 

 . __ ■.:.. -xtreme steepness of the range. The only objects de- 

 '^ved fi-om this excursion were some very fine cones of Pinus 

 niacrocarpa, some measuring 15 inches in length; they were 

 growing on trees 30 to 40 feet high, in rather exposed situa- 

 tions, at an elevation of about 4000 feet above the level of the 

 sea. 



•'By the beginning of November we returned to Monterey; 

 the rainy season being now close at hand, and having no more 

 excursions to make, I prepared to return to Europe with my 

 collection." 



