-n 
16 Nr. 2. C. H. OSTENFELD and C. SYRACH LARSEN: 
handsome, strong, and of great durability; its value is 
further increased by the trunk being frequently straight, 
Fig. 22. L. decidua Mill. Cones of cultivated specimens from Denmark, 
8 different collections (”/4 nat. size, all wet). 
and often attaining considerable dimensions. The greatest 
height observed is presumably 53,7 m., or perhaps a trifle 
higher (OPPERMANN: 1923, p. 216; vide ELwEs & HENRY: 
II, 1907, p. 349). The corresponding diameter was 1,1 m., 
