CONE-BEARERS. 49 



PSEUDOLARIX Gordon, the False Larch, is a genus of 

 one species, native of Northern China, with cone-scales 

 extended at the points and promptly deciduous from the 

 cone-axis in this respect totally unlike true Larches. 



Sub-Tribe Two -SOLiTARI/E 



THE SOLITARY-LEAVED PITCH- 

 TREES. 



Trees with all the leaves solitary, not in fascicles 

 nor tufted, and all very short. Cones maturing in a 

 single season. 



Separated by the direction of the cones into two 

 classes: 



Class A.-PENDENTES. 

 PENDENT-FRUITED SOLITARES. 



Trees with fruit pendent from or near the end of 

 the branch lets. The leaves of the two first genera 

 promptly deciduous from the branchlet when drying. 

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