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long, with a strongly- marked apophysis. The medial line 

 crosses the exposed part of the scale within a third of the top. 

 A pretty strong short-hooked umbo, after making a short curve 

 towards the base, points to the tip of the cone. Seeds winged, 

 Jth of an inch in length. Spermoderm speckled. Wing ■§ ths of 

 an inch in length, and nearly f ths of an inch across, pale fawn- 

 coloured, darker at the tip, and with purplish-brown streaks 

 running longitudinally. There is a small, rounded, purple-tipped 

 bract, £th of an inch in length, at the base and back of the scale. 



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

 having the prickle of the scale pointing towards the tip in- 

 stead of the base. The prickle, too, is strong and firm in Craig- 

 ana ; in Beardsleyi it is small and weak. The apophysis, 

 or 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 Craigana is shorter, and relatively broad- 

 er. The seed is nearly twice the size of that of 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 growing lower down, and below it again appeared Ben- 

 tliamiana. It spreads its branches, wider from the stem than 

 Benthamiana, and sheds its seed a month later. 



My brother and I have dedicated this handsome pine to 

 Sir William Gibson-Craig, Bart., whose enthusiasm has done 

 so much to promote the cultivation and introduction of new 

 pine trees, and who, in particular, was one of those who chiefly 

 conduced to my brother undertaking the expedition, of which 

 this pine forms part of the fruits. 



Abies Hookeriana. Plate VIIL 

 A.foliis curtis, utrinque concoloribus ; strobilis cylindricis, 

 pallide-fulvis, bracteolis tenuibus minutis ad basim squama- 

 rum stride applicatis ; squamis concavis et non crenulatis. 

 Habitat in California, in iisdem montibus quam precedens, 

 sed majore altitudine. 



