are wrong in saying that Bongard said the bracts were only 1/3 as long as the 

 scales; he said they were halfas long. 



It is too bad that you have not been Willing to take up all the related forms 

 which Pariatore has combined with P. Menziesi. At the time I was deschbing my 

 Japanese Manchurian novelties I noted their detailed similarities but became 

 aware that the Japanese could be separated from the Sakhalin variety just as 

 the latter from the Armenien and the American solely on the basis ofthe 

 appearance ofthe needles. I did not follow this up because ofa protracted illness 

 after which I competed with Miquel in the publication of additional new 

 specimens, but I am inclined to believe that these leaf differences are minute and 

 un-botanical (color, texture, sheen etc) and would be better characterized 

 through microscopical examination, as shown in the works of Bertrand (Soc. 

 Philomathique de Paris) and 



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