THE LAECH. 169 



Leaves single, or in bundles of many together round a central 

 bud ; they are single on the leading shoots and young plants, 

 soft, narrow, linear, blunt-pointed, spreading, recurved, and 

 deciduous, without any footstalks, and of a bright green colour, 

 a little glaucous when young. Branches distorted and pendu- 

 lous. Cones oblong or egg-shaped, and tapering rather most 

 towards the apex ; from half to three-quarters of an inch long, 

 erect, and not compact. Scales very small, reflexed at the 

 margins, wavy, or slightly jagged, and not falling off when 

 ripe; bracteas shorter than the scales, ovate, and pointed. 

 Seeds very small, and winged. 



A small tree, dwarfing down by climate to a stunted bush, or 

 irregular-growing little tree, only a few feet high, with twisted, 

 haJf-pendulous branches, thickly furnished with bundles of the 

 leaves all round the branchlets. 



It is found in Northern Siberia, on the bleak mountains of 

 Dahuria, and in the arctic regions of Siberia, a mere little 

 sprawling shrub, amongst the last vestiges of arborescent 

 vegetation in those places, also in cold mountainous places, 

 from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. 



No. 2. Labtx EUROP.SA, DC, the Common Larch. 

 Syn. Abies Larix, Lamarck. 

 Larix decidua. Miller. 



„ pyramidaHs, Salisbury. 

 „ excelsa, Lmh 

 „ vulgaris, Fischer. 

 „ communis, Lawson, 

 Pinus Larix, Lirmceus. 



Leaves in bundles, many together round a central bud, biit 

 singly on young plants and the leadiug shoots, deciduous, linear, 

 soft, blunt, or rounded at the points, spreading, slightly recurved, 

 and of a beautiful bright greeb. Cones of a longish oval shape, 

 erect, of a brown colour, one inch long, and remaining fot along 

 time on the trees. Scales persistent or not falling off, roundish, 

 streaked, and slightly waved on the margins ; bracteas generally 



