THE PINE SUB-FAMILY. 



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covering, more or less enclosed by the wing, but free, and 

 full of turpentine. 



Leaves, much as in Larix. 



1, Pseudolarix Ksempfcri, Gordon. GOLDEX PIXE. 

 Syn. Abies Kcempferi, Lambert. Leaves, from 1 to 2^ inch- 

 es long, and from -V to 1 line broad, deciduous, flat, linear, 

 sabre-shaped, somewhat soft, and of a delicate, pale, pea- 

 green color when young, in autumn of a golden yellow. 



Fig. 31. PSEUDOLAEIX ELEMPFERI. 



Cones, 3 inches long, 2-} inches in diameter, erect, with 

 ligneous, flattish, divergent, very deciduous scales ; bracts, 

 small, acute, keeled on the back, and slightly serrulated 

 on the margins. Seeds and wings, glossy bright brown, 

 exactly the same size and shape of the scales, occupying 

 the whole of their inner surface. Cotyledons, from 5 to 7. 



Murray says : " This species will enter into none of the 



