Illustrations of Conifers. 57 



LARIX KURILENSIS (Mayr). 



Trees of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. II. p. 388 (1907). 



A TRBE attaining in its native habitats a height of 70 feet and a girth 

 of 7 to 8 feet, with the bark resembling that of Larix leptolepis. 



Young branchlets pubescent, those of the second year reddish- 

 brown, lustrous. Leaves shorter than in the other species, falcate, 

 about an inch long, glaucous, spreading so as to form an open cup 

 round the bud ; upper surface flattened, green ; lower surface with 

 two bands of stomata. 



Cones small, cylindrical, about f inch long, composed of less than 

 twenty scales with the bracts visible at the base of the cone. Scales 

 oval, longer than broad, about J inch long ; bract about half the length 

 of the scale. Seed with wing J inch long. 



This tree was formerly considered a variety of Larix dahurica but 

 has been separated as a distinct species by Mayr who found it in 

 the Kurile Islands where it forms forests. It was introduced into 

 cultivation in Europe by Dr. Mayr in 1888 and young trees are doing 

 well in England. 



Young specimens raised at Colesborne were added to the collection 

 at Bayfordbury in 1908. The illustration is that of a native specimen 

 collected by Mr. H. J..Elwes. 



