250 THE ESSEX NATURALIST.
centres, and amongst them our Essex Museum has had its share
[thanks to the writer.—Ed.]
The eighteen species before us that represent our share in
the harvest, well displayed on sheets and in glass-covered cases,
belong to twelve different genera. All but one are natives of
the northern hemisphere, yet they are fairly representative of
the chief families of Conifers ; the following is a list of their
names with the geographical distribution of each species.
Pinus radiata, "Monterey Pine," native only on the Monterey
Peninsula of California.
Pinus Ayacahuite, "Mexican White Pine," on mountain slopes
from Mexico south to Guatemala.
Abies nobilis, "Noble Pine," from coastal mountains,
Washington State south to California.
Abies lasiocarpa "Alpine Fir," from Alaska to New Mexico
and South Colorado.
Abies cilicica, "Cilicican Fir," from Asia Minor to the Lebanon
Mountains.
Abies Forrestii, "Forrest's Fir," from the Lichiang Range in
South-West China.
Picea Morinia, "West Himalayan Spruce," from Afghanistan,
through the West Himalayas to Nepal.
Picea orientalis, "Oriental Spruce," from the mountains of
Asia Minor to the Caucasus.
Picea jezoensis, "Yezo Spruce," from Japan, Amurland,
Korea and Manchuria.
Tsuga Paltoniana, "Mountain Hemlock," from South Alaska
to the Californian coast.
Cedrus atlantica, "Atlas Cedar," from the Atlas Mountains of
Morocco and Algeria.
Sciadopitys verticillata, "Umbrella Pine," from mountain
valleys in the Island of Hondo, Japan.
Sequoia gigantea, "Big Wood," found in scattered groves in
the Sierra Nevada, California.
Cryptomeria japonica, "Japanese Cedar," from China and
Japan.
Athrotaxis selaginoides, "King William's Pine," from the
mountains of West Tasmania.
Tetraclinis articulata, "Alerce," from Morocco, Algeria and
Malta.