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6. WEYMOUTH PINE. 

 Pinus Strolus (L.). AUetinece. 



Tall conical tree, with thin, smooth, olive or slate- 

 coloured cortex, often spotted with white resin drops. 

 Buds sharp pointed. 



Leaves 5, slender, tasselled, rather long and glaucous 

 (but shorter, thinner, and darker than P. excelsa). 



Male cones few and small. Female cones singly, or 

 in pairs or threes, at ends of the twigs; when ripe, 

 pendent, cylindrical, curved, with thin, persistent 

 scales, obscure apophysis, and terminal umbo. (The 

 cones of P. excelsa are similar but larger.) 



Wood : yellowish white broad sap-wood, and orange 

 to sienna heart. Not very resinous. 



Seeds winged ; the wing 5 times length of seed, 

 brown (P. excelsa somewhat larger). 



Cotyledons 8 11, trigonal, bright green (P. excelsa 

 longer and more glaucous). 



7. LARCH. 

 Larix europcea (D.C.). Abietinese. 



Large feathery tree. The young branches are 

 yellowish or green-grey marked by green-olive or 

 yellow raised lines. Bark scaly, with rosy lamellae, 

 and very rough when old. 



Buds peculiarly globoid or stumpy and tuberculous in 

 appearance. 



Leaves soft, bright green, solitary and spiral on the 



