The Species of the Genus Larix. 83 
In Rumania as it is at present, the larch is cited as 
occurring spontaneously in five different localities; WILLKOMM 
has mentioned a sixth near Bistritz (l. c. 1887, p. 144), but 
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Fig. 27. Larix decidua var. polonica (Racib.) Ostf. & Syrach L. Poland, 
Chelm at Nowa Slupia. (From Szafer 1913). 
this has never subsequently been confirmed, and is therefore 
not taken into account here. WiLLKomm thought it probable 
that the European Larch reached its extreme south-easterly 
limit in the districts round Kronstadt, but CıesLar did 
not consider that sufficiently reliable evidence of its occur- 
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