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smaller, viz.: from 2 to 3^- lines in length, and the wing 

 much wider, and more pyramidate in shape, and with the 

 seed placed at an angle with the wing." Murray. 



Murray points out the difference between this species 

 and the other Larches, founding his distinction principally 

 on the scales of the cones, and adds : " This species was 

 found by Mr. Veitch, on Mount Fusi Yama, at an eleva- 

 tion of from 8,000 to 8,500 feet, and he mentions that it is 

 remarkable as being the tree which grows at the greatest 

 elevation on that mountain. At these high elevations it 



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becomes a stunted bush, no higher than 1^ or 2 feet." 



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8t L, leptolepis, Siebold* Syn. L. Conifera, Kcempfer; 

 Pinus Larix, Thunberg; Finns Ksempferi, Lambert; Abies 

 leptolepis, SieboM, Zitccarini, Lindley, and Veitch; Pinus 

 leptolepis, Endlicher; Larix Japonica, Carriere. Leaves, 

 from to 1^ inch long, deciduous, linear, acerose, mucro- 

 nate, mostly obtuse, sub-petiolate, soft, slightly recurved, 

 pale green color. Cones, about 16 lines in length, 8 lines 

 in diameter, numerous, ovate, obtuse, with about 60 scales ; 

 scales, alternately and closely imbricated, orbiculate, at- 

 tenuated, thin, flat, truncate, or emarginate, reflexed, and 

 pale brown color; bracts, lanceolate, acute, entire, mem- 

 branaceous, one-half the length of the scale. Seeds, obo- 

 vate, rather compressed, sub-trigonal, with a long, obtuse, 

 membranaceous wing. 



This Larch resembles our common species in many par- 

 ticulars, but is more slender, and has glabrous, dark-yel- 

 lowish, ash-colored branches, and stiffly spreading branch- 

 lets. It grows to the height of 40 feet, and produces a 

 rough, reddish-brown timber. The following is from Sie- 

 bold's account of this tree : 



" The Fuzi-Matsu belongs to the northern Flora of 

 Japan. It is found in the mountains of Nippon, between 

 the 35th and the 41st degrees of north latitude. But still 

 more frequently on Jezo, and in the southern parts of 

 Krafto, thus reaching, we may presume, so far as 48 

 of north latitude. Perhaps it may extend much beyond 



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