The Species of the Genus Larix. 67 
faintly rose-coloured, varying to a deeper red, in which 
case the colour approaches that of L. decidua. Material 
taken from the province of Irkutsk (Herb. Fl. Russ, 1907, 
Fig. 20. Larix sibirica Ledeb. Trees of good size from Altai. (From 
KELLER, Altai I. 1914). 
No. 2545), and from a forest east of Urga and north of 
the river Tola in Manchuria (C. W. CAMPBELL, 1902, Brit. 
Mus.) shows flowering cones of just such a colour, but, 
as a rule, they are of a lighter red, or almost green. The 
cone is 3—4,5 cms. long, composed of numerous scales, 
30—40 in number, and is in this particular reminiscent 
5° 
