40 SUrPLEMKNT TO THE PINETUM. 



It is found in Kamtscliatka, at St. Paul's and St. Peter's, va- 

 rying very mucla in stature and appearance, according to soil 

 and elevation, but mostly a tolerable-sized tree. 



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 Larix Lkdebourii, Rupprecht, Dr. Ledebour's Larch. 

 Syn. Pinus Larix, Pallas. 

 The Russian name for this tree is '' Listvennetsa'^ (crown of 

 leaves). 



A large tree, growing from 80 to 100 feet high, on the Atai 

 Mountains. 



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 Lartx leptolepis, Siebold, the Japan Larch. 



The Japanese call this tree " Fus-ji^' (buds crowned with 

 leaves) and " Fusi Matsu " (pine full of buds), also " Rax-jo- 

 sjo" (common deciduous fir), and the Chinese call it *' Kara- 

 mats,' ' which also means a pine full of buds, or one with knotty 

 branchlets. 



It is found at as high an elevation as 9,000 feet, on the 

 sacred mount, Fusi-Yama, in Japan, where it becomes a mere 

 shrub 2 feet high. 



Gen. L^CHHARDTIA, Archer?, the New South Wales 



Lsechhardtia. 

 This new genus is separated from Frenela, principally on ac- 

 count of its having eight valvate scales on the cone, instead of 

 six, as in that Genus. 



L-accHHARDTiA Macleayana, Archer?, Mr. Macleay's New 

 South Wales Lsechhardtia. 

 Syn. Frenela variabilis, Carriere. 

 „ Araucaria sp. (New South Wales), Shepherd. 

 The primordial leaves on young plants are spreading, linear 

 or lanceolate, rather thickly placed, and sometimes reflected ; 

 but soon afterwards are succeeded by acicular or scale-formed 

 ones, regularly placed in threes or fours, and finally, when the 



