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abundant at an elevation of 11,000 or 12,000 feet ; in Sikkim 

 it is very common in the interior, and rearward valleys and 

 mountain slopes, but is not found in the Sub Himalayas, and 

 rarely occurs gregarious or in clumps. 



The timber is small, but splits well, and is used for flooring. 



It was first discovered by Dr. Hooker, and named in com- 

 pliment to the late Dr. Griffith. 



No. 4. Larix Ledebourii, Rupprecht, the Altaian Larch. 

 Syn. Larix Altaica, Fischer. 

 „ „ Pseudo-Larix, Loddiges. 

 „ „ intermedia, Lawson. 

 „ Pinus Ledebourii, Endlicher. 

 „ „ intermedia, Loddiges. 

 „ Abies Ledebourii, Rujjprecht. 

 „ Pinus Pseudo-Larix, Steudel. 



Leaves, single, or in bundles of many together round a 

 central bud, but mostly single on the leading shoots and young 

 plants, soft, linear, broad, and rather flat on vigorous young 

 plants, but on older ones rather four-sided, obtuse, and with 

 much longer and broader foliage than the Common Larch, and 

 darker green. Branches, robust, but not numerous, and pendant. 

 Cones, very small, erect, slender, and rather loose. Scales, oval, 

 with the margins entire, convex, and persistent. Seeds, very 

 small. 



A tall, luxuriant tree, similar to the Common Larch in ap- 

 pearance, but with very much smaller cones, and much longer 

 and broader foliage, growing 80 feet high, at elevations of from 

 2,500 to 5,000 feet, on the Altai mountains in Siberia. 



