The Species of the Genus Larix. 91 
On the basis of specimens from Tanana on the Yukon 
River, WIGHT has distinguished the larch in Alaska as a 
separate species, Larix alaskensis (W. F. WIGHT: A new 
Fig. 28. Marsh with L. laricina and some Picea. Canada, Ont. Holland 
River near Toronto. Aug 1924. (C. H. Ostf. phot.). 
Larch from Alaska. Smiruson. Misc. Coll. L., 1907, p. 174, 
Table XVII). Of the characteristics which are said to 
distinguish it from L. laricina, the following are the most 
important. The bracts are more evenly pointed than in the 
case of L. laricina, where they are described as „more 
