the pressure of recording the observations of Februar y-August in the shortest time and 

 secondly he gives only a part of the cross-section of a needle because the second 

 prism is very small. For drawing details, vascular tissue, needle edge, etc. could 



a cone from Karwinski allegedly collected in Mexico, which strikingly resembles that 

 from Inops , only that it is the size of a duck egg. Are there any like that there, or 

 is the cone perhaps anyway from the east coast of Montesuma. I have only a half ripe 

 cone and cannot say rauch about it but Biophylla patula Teocote and oocarpoides , which 

 I have in ripe cones, look entirely different in the sculpture of the shield. My 

 Inops cones from Trianon are small, not larger than from silvestris , nevertheless 

 much larger ones may occur in America. In Europe quite a bit of Pumilio is cultivated 

 under the name Inops , especially in the heaths of Schleswig, Denmark. Will you please 

 get Information about Rhus typhina . 



again be good 



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and anyway it has the perfect objectivity for itself . 

 You mention P. Bungeana in your letter. This variety is 

 very close to P. Gerandiana , or is identical with it. 

 A somewhat similar structure occurs with P^ canariensis , 

 which however belongs to the Pinaster group, according 

 to cones and needle sheaths. From Petersburg I received 



Devotedly, 



Dr. E. Purkinje 



