
          in appearance from that at Monterey
 P. insiginis. The foliage is also of a 
 less vivid green, but the leaves seem 
 to be alike. Trees raised here from 
 Monterey seeds and the so called tuberculata 
 show also a great difference. 


 I for my part am quite at a loss
 respecting this or those species. 
 Dr. Engelmann obtained full sets of my 
 collected material and I am anxious 
 to hear, what conclusions he will arrive
 at.


 At Rancheria Creek Mendocino
 Co. [County] I met a colony of Libocedrus decurrens
 in full bloom. It is the only
 place in that county, where it can be found.


 A very peculiar little pine, likely a
 variety of P. muricata, I found growing
 on the Mendocino plains, a strip
 of land about 30 mi. [miles] along the ocean
 to Nogo. In those so called plains
 I saw the greatest number of Ericaceous
 plants together, all more or less stunted.
 The features are so peculiar that I
 determined to go there in spring in 

        