LARCH. 



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Plate 7. Larix europea. European Larch. 



i. Branch-bearing staminate and pistillate flowers and a mature cone, 

 one-half natural size. 2. Anther, enlarged. 3. Scale of pistillate flower, 

 enlarged. 4. Seeds with wings attached, one-half natural size. 5. Seed, 

 natural size. 6. Scale of cone, one-half ratural size. 7. Branches showing 

 arrangement of leaves on new and old growth. 8. Branch showing tip of 

 new growth in spring. 9. A leaf from fascicle on old growth. 10. A leaf 

 from new growth, n. Winter branch showing persistent cone. 12. Seed- 

 ling. 



