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Arbor 30— 50-pedalis, coma pyramidali. minis h.rizontaliter paten- 

 tibus, ramulorum pulvillis ovatis v. subcylindricis nigris. Folia animate 

 liuearia, vix 1 m. m. lata, circiter pollicem longa, obtusiuscula, laxe 

 pilosa. Strobili ovato-globosi, circiter pollicem longi; squaniis snlmrlii- 

 cularibus, antice truncatis v. emarginatis. dt.rsu mni-iueque dense pu- 

 bescentibus, in seriebus 8—10 superpositis. Bracteae elliptico-lanceo- 

 latae, in acumen lineari-lanceolatum attenuatae, squamas Inn-re snperan- 

 tes. — Braetearum confipratione pilositateque a L neeidentali diversn. 

 Habitat in America boreali - occidental! sub 43"— 53" lat. bur. in -('as 

 (, iide mountains: ubi in ultitudine supra mare inter 7000. 



5. Larix japoxica Murr. 



L. japonica Murray the pins and firs of Japan pag. 94 mm xyl. 

 (nee Carriere). — L. leptolrpis ,':. Murrayana Maxim, in ind. sem. h. 

 Petr. 1866. pag. 3. — Grtfl. 1871. tab. 685. fig. 7. 



Arbor usque 40 pedes alta, rarnispatentibus,ramulisdependentibus, 

 pulvillis crassis ovatis v. cylindricis. Folia anguste linearia, obtusa, 

 glabra, %—% poll, longa, 3 / 4 m. m. lata. Strobili globosi, */ t poll. 

 in diametro; squ im 8 subor m ularibus, antice truncatis v. emarginatis, 

 Bttfgine piano v. recurvo, in seriebus 6—9 superpositis, supremis 

 erectis. Bracteae lanceolatae v. subellipticae, plus minus acuminatae, 

 inclusae. 



Foliis dimidio brevioribus angustioribusque, strobilis minoribus ex 

 seriebus squamarum paucioribus comp< rgine erecto v. 



revoiuto a L. leptolepide dignoscitur. 



Japonia in insula Nippon in nionte Fusi Yama inter 8000—8500' 

 alt. supra mare. 



6. Larix daucrica Tprcz. 



L- dahurica Turez. in Bull. soc. nat. Mosq. 1838. pag. 101. — 



f rautv.ima^. pi. 48. tab. 32.— Carr. Conif. 270.— Henkel et Hochst. 



Conif. pag. 138. — L. kamtschatica Carr. Conif. pag. 279. — Pinus 



L^rix amerieana Pall. fl. ross. I. pag. 2 tab. 1 fig. E. — Pinus dahu- 



