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TAB. 36. 



30. PINUS PENDULA. 



BLACK LARCH. 



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PiNUs PENDULA, folils fasclculatis declduls, strobilis oblongis; squamarum marginibus inflexis, brac- 



teolis pandurlformibus acumine attenuate. ■ 



'P.pe?zdi6la, Mils fasclculatis rnollibus obtusiusculls, squamis strobllorum bracteas tegentibus. Soland, 



MSS. Mt. Kew. v.3. 36q. Willde7i. BerL Baum%. 215. 

 P. intermedia, foliis fasciculatls declduis, conis ovato-cylindricis laxis; squamis subrotundis retusis. T>u 



Roi. Harbk. ed. Pott. v. 2, 115. Wangenli. Belt. 42. t. iQ.f.SJ. 

 P. Larlx nigra. Marsh. Arh. Am, 103. 



Habitat in America Septentrionall. 

 Floret Maio. 



DESCRIPTIO. 



Eahitus pra^cedentis, ramulls magis elongatls et pendulis. Folia fer^ prions, sed brcvius vaglnata. 

 Amenta mascula multiflora, anthcris minus infiatis, et brevius cristatis: faiminea cylindracea, obtusa 

 bracteolis ut in pr^cedente. Strohili vix unclales, fusci, nitidi, ovato-cylindracei, squamis paucioribus,' 

 margine inflexis, integris. , . 



p. pendula, as we are informed by Wangenheim, shews itself only in the cold mountainous parts 

 of N. America, from the forty-fifth degree of north latitude ; in such tracts it grows to a tall strong 

 tree Its native soil is a rich clay mixed with sand. The larl is of an ash-grey colour, and th^ 

 wood reddish. The Iranches are weak and drooping. The Uaf-hcds are almost black, and yield a 

 fine turpentme. T\.^ leaves, when full grown, assume a dark green colour, and fall in the autumn 

 In the provmce of New York, under the forty-second degree of north latitude, the >^«. appea; 

 towards the end of Apnl. The seed npens in September, and is readily shed by the cones, the smooth 

 scales of which sit very loosely. The eones are about half an inch commonly in length, they are 

 rounded at the base, and of a yellowish brown colour. The ^^ood of this tree is said to be good and 



th 1 . MP >f' ''" f T'. " *'^ "T'' "" ''"' "'"^ ^"^ ''' ^^"1 Hill in the gardens of 

 the late Mr. CoUmson, and which was the finest and largest tree I have ever seen, bearing gteat quan- 

 tities of cones, with ripe seed annually. It was from that tree I procured the specimen frtuT whil the 

 plate was taken. Professor Pott observes that the trees he has seen growing in Germany are two feet 

 ten inches in the circumference of the stem, and arc fifty feet in height ; they do not /row so fast as 



durable. 



