TAB. 37. 



31. PINUS MICROCARPA. 



RED LARCH. 



Pin us MiCRooAKPA, foliis fasciculatis deciduis, strobilis subrotundis paucifloris ; squamis inflexis, 



bracteolis elliptlcis obtuse acuminatis. 



P. laricina, foliis fasciculatis deciduis^ conis subglobosis; squamis laxis orbiculatis glabris. Du Roi. 

 Harbk. ecL Pott. v. 2. II7. 



DESCRIPTIO. 



Prascedeiitibus similis, ramulis laxe pendentibus, yo/i/5 paululum minoribus. Amenta )tiascida brevissima 

 et fere capitata, antheris apice lateribusque ventricosis, crista muticji, deflexa: fcemiiiea retusa, pauci- 

 flora, bracteolis obovato-ellipticis, acumine obtusion. Strohili parvi, semiuncialeS; rubicundi, squamis 

 paueioribuS; margine inflexis, integris. 



This species is very scarce in England, but would be a great ornament to the finest plantations. 

 The only tree of any size I have seen is at Whltton, where it was planted by John Duke of Argyll, 

 and which has a remarkably beautiful appearance in the summer, being covered with a great number of 

 bright purple C07ies. The specimen from which the figure was taken came from that tree. It is a 

 very remarkable species, the cones being much smaller than those of P. peiidida. Upon examining 

 the two trees very accurately, I am inclined to suppose them really distinct: besides the smallness of 

 the cones they differ essentially in the figure of the hracteoU. The cones of both are sent from 

 America annually to Mr. Loddige, one under the name of the black, and the other of the red Larch. 

 He has a large plantation of fine healthy trees of each sort about eight feet high, which produce many 

 cones every year; and although they grow close to each other, the cones always remain distinct. There 

 are two trees growing at Slon House under the name of the Siberian Larch, which I make no doubt 

 were brought from America, and appear to be P. viicrocarpa. 



EXPLANATION OF TAB. 37. 



A. Male Catkin. 



B. Anthera. 



C. C. Female Catkins. 



D. Bracteola. 



E. Inner view of the same. 



h. 



Scale of the ripe Cone, with the permanent Bracteola, 



Scale with the Seeds. 



Seeds. 



i, L Leaf. 



