Tas. 8181. 
LARIX GRIFFITHI. 
Sikkim and Bhutan. 
ConIFERAE. Tribe ABIETINEAE, 
Lantx, Mill.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 442; Hichl. in Engl, et 
Prantl, Naturl, Pflanzenfam. vol. ii. i. p. 75. 
Larix Griffithii, Mook. f. in Him, Journ. vol. ii. p. 44 (nomen) et fig. p. 55; 
dil. Himal, Pl. t. 21 (exel. fig. 1-4); Gammie, in Rep. Bot. Surv. Ind. 
vol. i. no. 2, p. 11; Gamble, Mun. Ind. Timb. ed. 2, p. 720; a L. decidua, 
Mill., differt conis multo majoribus cylindricis, carpellis oblongis 
subulato-caudatis a medio reflexis squamas ovuligeras duplo superantibus. 
Arbor 6-20 m. alta, trunco gracili, coma pyramidali, ramis longis subdeflexis, 
ramulis longissimis flexilibus pendulis, primo pilosis citissime glabratis 
viridi-alutaceis vel pallide brunneis demum nigrescentibus, pulvinis parvis 
truncatis decurrentibus verrucosis. Gemmae hibernantes globoso-ovoideae, 
perulis intimis hyalinis latis unguiculatis floccoso-villosis. Folia decidua 
in brachycladiis cylindricis 5-8 mm, longis 4-6 mm. latis 30-50 patentia, 
acicularia, acutiuscula, 25-35 mm. louga, 0°5 mm. lata, complanata, 
utrinque leviter 2-sulcata, viridia, superne glauca.  Strobili masculi 
ovoid-i, lutei, rubescentes, circiter 8 mm. _ longi, pedicellati, basi 
sqnamis hyalinis unguiculatis floceoso-villosis snffulti; connectivi appendix 
parva, ovata.  Strobili feminei breviter cylindrici, atro-purpurei, ad 
3 cm. longi, vix 1°5 em. diametro, basi uti masculi squamis hyalinis 
suffulti.  Carpella lanceolata, ob costam excurrentem subulato-caudata, 
a medio reflexa, margine superne repanda. Sywamae ovuliferae latissime 
rotundatae quam carpella duplo breviores. Cont maturi in ramulis 
pevdulis erecti, eyiinteied ad 7 cm. longi, 3 cm. Jati, purpureo-brunnei, 
squamae late trurcato- vel subemarginato-obovatae, ad 1 cm. jongae et ultra 
lcm. latae. Semen obovoideum, vix 3 mm. longum, ala oblique elliptica 
duplo longiore.—Larix sp. Griffith, It. Not. p. 189; Priv. Journ. p. 287. 
L. Griffithiana, Gord. Pinet. p. 126. Abies Griffithiana, J. Hook. et Lindl. 
ex Gord. in Journ. Hort. Soc. vol. v. p. 214 (nomen). Pinus Griffithii, 
Parl. in DC. Prodr. vol. xvi. pars ii. p. 411. 
This Larch was discovered in 1838 by Griffith in Bhutan 
on the mountain slopes above Woollakoo, a village some- 
what sonth-west of Punakha, between 6000 and 9600 fect. 
In 1848 it was found by Sir Joseph Hooker on the slopes 
of Nango Mountain in Eastern Nepal, and in the follow- 
ing year in the Lachen Valley in Sikkim. More recently 
it has also been recorded from the Chumbi ‘Valley at 
10,000 feet. Its western limit lies, according to Nepalese 
sources, near the headwaters of the Kosi River. In Sikkim 
it appears, according to Mr. Gammie, at 8000 feet, becomes 
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