176 LAKIX, OB 



central bud, or singly on the young shoots, from half to three- 

 quarters of an inch long, of a vivid grass-green, and shorter 

 and narrower than those of the Common Larch. Branches 

 horizontal or slightly pendulous, upper ones rather ascending. 

 Branchlets pendulous, and, like the branches, short, numerous, 

 and dense. Cones half an inch long, and three-eighths of an 

 inch broad, oblong, erect, and of a red or violet colour. Scales 

 oval, slightly incurved, distinctly striated, and entire. Seeds 

 very small, wings short, and of a light brown colour. 



A large tree, with a slender, pyramidal head, and numerous 

 horizontal branches, which are not very long, but forming 

 rather a close head. 



It is found in North America, from Canada to Virginia, but 

 mostly abounds in Vermont, New Hampshire, and the district 

 of Maine, attaining a height sometimes of 100 feet, and two 

 or three feet in diameter. 



Its timber is much esteemed in America, being heavy and 

 resinous. 



No. 9. Laeix OCCIDentalis, Nuttall, the Great Western 

 Larch. 

 Syn. Larix NuttaUii, Parlatore. 

 „ „ Americana brevifoha, Ga/rri^re. 



Leaves on the branchlets in bundles of from 14 to 20, erectly 

 spreading, stiff, narrow, linear, attenuated at the base, some- 

 what obtuse, at the- apex, of a pale green colour, and from one- 

 half to three-fourths of an inch long, and three-fourths of a 

 line wide. Cones small, solitary, erect, ovate-globose, and from 

 three-fourths to an inch long, and three-fourths of an inch 

 broa,d. Scales orbicular, not very numerous, loosely imbri- 

 cated, subcartilaginous, somewhat truncate' or emarginate at 

 the ends, convex and shining on the back, rather, reflexed and 

 entire on the margins, and one-third of an inch long, and about 

 the same wide. Bracteas elliptic, denticulated on the edges, 

 acutely pointed, and extending beyond the scales. Seeds 

 obovate and white, with short, oblong-obtuse, pallid wings. 



