2 Dr. E. Purk yn je May 2?, 18?8 



white. A second bastard, P. . Nei Ire i Chiana Reichard fron Aus tri a has 

 cones similar to Laricio, ,male flowers of silvestris^ , , but wood f , 

 needles, bark in between both parentsw-A third plant, suspect as basfc- 

 tard from Spain, which. I received as pyrenaica^ , I know only fron the 

 needles-, and I raust first seek for flowers and cones. .1 have not pub- 

 lished anything about ny studier so far,because they are far from 

 finishedi I have made preparations of all 288 localities sent by you,, 

 and shall send you preparations as soon as I can, that you may see, 

 that dietinct differences exist betweerr species., Obviously, there 

 are still manys which have not yet been named, , and I can not undertake 

 their baptism, as all other is missing. If one considers, how many 

 species exist as fossils in Europe, which certainly are still alive 

 in Mexico, the Southern States?; Calif ornia,and which were describeff 

 as valid species as fossils, whereas one parked the live ones- undeir 

 Montezumae , , oocarpa, ponderosa-, etc., we have a wide perspective». 

 Nöw I have a specially important request. You sent me with the first 1 

 shipment l8?5 wood shavings, which were designated as P. aristata» . 

 These show a structure, which diverges fron all 1 pine lumber, namelyv 

 spirales.and correspond the most the wood of a genus, which - (T_oppert 4 

 determined" from fossil wood without cones nor needles- j: Spinopytis,, 

 which he lined up with the Taxinaceae, though it belongs to the pines 

 according to the rosin canais and mark-rays (Markstrahlen, whatever 

 that is ? E.D. ). I have wood from a Torreya from Calif ornia, which?,, 

 though spirally striped in all other distinctly deviates from what 

 is designated as aristata. I ask you kindly to enlighten me, if there 

 is not a mi stake with another Taxus or with Abies Douglasii , which 

 has also spirals. Best would be, if I could get a little piece or 

 wood' from a branch of aristata from your herbariumr, on which are 

 needles and cones- of aristata, so that you are sure, that' it cones 

 from an aristata» It is possible, that still other Pinus of western 



