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half an inch long, with a wing thrice as long. May, 

 June. Europe and Siberia. Vol. III., p. 41. 



Larix europsea D.C. Larch. Bark scaly, reddish grey. 

 Branches drooping. Outline pyramidal. Leaves short, 

 needle-shaped, tufted, light green, deciduous. Cones red 

 when young, erect, ovate, one to one and a half inches long, 

 persistent, the scales becoming grey, but not thickening at 

 the ends. April, May. Central Europe, from Russia to 

 the Apennines. Vol. III., p. 137. 



Cedrus Libani Barr. Cedar of Lebanon. Bark brown, 

 scaly. Branches horizontal, dorsi-ventral. Needle-leaves 

 tufted at first, afterwards spirally arranged, glaucous when 

 young, dark green, evergreen. Cones erect, ovate, from 

 three to five inches long, of broad, thin, brown scales, 

 persistent. Seeds broadly winged. May, June. Lebanon. 

 Vol. II L, p. 89. 



Picea excelsa Link. Spruce. Bark thin, warty, reddish 

 brown. Branches whorled, spreading, dorsi-ventral. Outline 

 pyramidal. Leaves needle-shaped, four-angled, acute, stiff, 

 less than one inch long, bright green, evergreen. Cones at 

 first erect, then pendulous and falling whole, five to seven 

 inches long, their scales thin, notched, bright brown. May, 

 June. Northern Europe. Vol. III., p. 105. 



Pseudotsuga Douglasii Carr. Douglas Fir. Stem tapering. 

 Bark thick, scaling, reddish brown. Branches drooping. 

 Outline pyramidal. Leaves needle - shaped, flat, slightly 

 twisted so as to be sub-distichous, bright shining green 

 above, with two white lines below. Cones egg-shaped, two 

 and a half to four inches long, " feathered " with three-lobed 

 bract scales, reddish brown, falling whole. Western North 

 America. Vol. II., p. 97. 



NATURAL ORDER, TAXODINEJE {REDWOOD 

 FAMILY). 



Sequoia gigantea Dec. Wellingtonia. Stem tapering, 

 Bark thick, spongy, fibrous, reddish brown. Branches slen 

 der, sweeping to the ground. Outline pyramidal. Leaves 



