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The Species of the Genus Larix. 
which indicates a well-formed tree, but far greater girths 
combined with less height have been observed. 
Fig. 23. L. decidua Mill. Cones of cultivated specimens from Denmark, 
8 different collections. (”/4 nat. size, the same cones, all dry). 
L. decidua often varies in its growth, and several well- 
pronounced forms have been found — pendulous, globular, 
and so on —. CıesLar has differentiated the larch found in 
the Sudetics as a separate form with more slender trunk 
