124 LARIX; OR 



deciduous, without any footstalks, and of a bright green colour, 

 a little glaucous when young. Branches distorted and pendu- 

 lous. Cones, oblong, egg-shaped, tapering rather more towards 

 the apex ; from half to three-quarters of an inch long, erect, 

 and not compact. Scales very small, reflexed at the margins, 

 wavy, or slightly jagged, and not falling off when ripe ; bracteas 

 shorter than the scales, ovate, and pointed. Seeds very small, 

 and winged. 



A large tree, dwarfing down by climate to a stunted bush, or 

 irregular-growing little tree, only a few feet high, with twisted, 

 half-pendulous branches, thickly furnished with bundles of the 

 leaves all round the branchlets. 



It is found in Northern Siberia, on the bleak mountains of 

 Dahuria, and in the arctic regions of Siberia, a mere little 

 sprawling shrub, amongst the last vestiges of arborescent vege- 

 tation in those regions, also on cold mountainous places, from 

 the Ural Mountains and Kamtchatka to the Pacific Ocean, but 

 a large tree in Southern Siberia and Russia, and is there what 

 is called the Archangel Larch. 



No. 2. Lauix Europ^a, De C, the Common Larch. 

 Syn. Abies Larix, Lamarck. 



„ Larix decidua. Miller. 



„ „ pyramidalis, Salisbury. 



„ „ excelsa. Link. 



„ „ vulgaris, Fischer. 



„ Pinus Larix, Linnceus. 



„ Larix communis, Lawson. 

 Leaves, in bundles, many together round a central bud, but 

 sino-ly on young plants and the leading shoots, deciduous, linear, 

 soft, blunt, or rounded at the points, spreading, slightly recurved, 

 and of a beautiful bright green. Cones, of a longish oval shape, 

 erect, of a brown colour, one inch long, and remaining for a long 

 time on the trees. Scales, persistent or not falling off, roundish, 

 streaked, and slightly waved on the margins ; bracteas generally 

 longer than the scales, particularly towards the base of the cones. 

 Seeds, small, of an irregular oval form, with a broad wing ; 



