338 SEA AfOS^r^ 



MicR<K;iJit)iA Caukornica, Faru)W. 



In general form « >'^ ^u'.^f Hur- ihis very much 

 resembles the last i\ fwi .«imw^ a little in thr 



clis|)osition of the uiiuiutc ranuili. lUit a perfectly 

 unmi^ukahle mark nuy l>c found in the }M)^ition of 

 the fniit. And it would not 1 • tly safe to call 



any s|)ccimen Af. Caii/ornUa^ whicii does not tlcniuii- 

 hlrate its identity by having fruit. 



In M. Coulteri^ the fniit is Iwme on the inside 

 of the ultimate nmulus, and is «;Mrmtinde<l by a little 

 whorl, of incur\'cd, short, spine..- •^■nesM.s, wlu« ii 

 jurtly inclose it. In M, Ca/t/ofni<,i, the fruit »> 

 ))omc on the outskle of the ramulus, and is l>an , 

 and destitute of this inrl whorl. The sjxrcics is 



not as common as the last, b' lund growing in 



the same situations aloni( with that 



MicRiK,u\i-'Lv i>jKeAUS, RupR. 



Our artist h.i«i ijiven such a good pirture of this 



Virnntifnl i.hnt. ; ig. a, Plate VII it cannot 



' • '.»' r into a detailed verbal descrip- 



iio , "^thing in •^*" \%'atcr5 of ♦'"• 



NorUicrn I'jciuc iiui tj.n possibly be ini:>taken for 



It wil obsened that the ver)- ful oiiiiinc 



of the plai. obtained by carrying out, in detail, 



a jH^rfectly uniform and very simple method of branch- 



