ALASKA GEOLOGY 
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long to this species. They are a little smaller but otherwise do not 
differ essentially from the typical form. 
Family PXNACEAS 
Picea harrimani sp. nov. 
pi. xxii, figs. 3, 4. 
Cones cylindrical, long and relatively slender, rounded at apex; 
scales large, in seventeen or more whorls, about four or five showing 
in each row, regularly rhomboidal in shape ; apparently without mark¬ 
ing or obvious thickening. 
The specific name is given in honor of Mr. E. H. Harriman, the 
patron of the Expedition. 
This splendid species is represented by four examples, two of which 
are here figured. The largest of the four (pi. xxii, fig. 4) is preserved 
for a length of 10 cm. and when perfect was probably fully 12 cm. 
long. At the base it is 2.5 cm. broad, and it is 2 cm. broad near the 
apex. The scales in the lower portion are about 11 mm. in length, 
and 6 or 7 mm. in short diameter. They are slightly smaller in the 
upper part of the cone. 
The smallest example, also figured (pi. xxii, fig. 3), has about 9 
cm. of the length preserved, but the base is evidently lacking. It 
is much narrower than the others, being only 1.5 cm. broad. The 
scales are smaller, being about 7 mm. in long, and 5 or 6 mm. in short 
diameter. It is possible that this specimen may represent a different 
species. 
Of the two other examples the best preserved shows only the upper 
portion. It is of about the same size as the upper portion of the largest 
one figured. The other is preserved nearly entire but does not show 
the scales well. It is 7.5 cm. in length and about 2 cm. in width. 
All of the cones are slightly curved, this last mentioned one in par¬ 
ticular. 
Of course we are here considering only the impression of the outer 
portion of the cone, but the actual substance is represented by a coaly 
mass 1 or 2 mm. in thickness, which has been mostly crumbled away 
in handling. 
It was at first supposed that these were cones of a Pinus allied to 
P. strobus L., but after further consideration it appears more probable 
that they belong to the genus Picea . In a general way they are similar 
to P. sitchensis Carr., the Alaska spruce, but are narrower and 
longer than is usual in this species. The edges of the scales in the 
