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Northern Siberia, growiag on the bleak mountains of Dahuria, 

 also found in the Ural Mountains and Kamtchatka, to the Pacific 

 Ocean. It is closely allied to the European Larch, and may 

 only be a northern form of the same species. 



L. Griffithiaua, Hook. — Sikkim Larch. — This was discovered by 

 Dr. Hooker, and as growing in Bhotan, Sikkim, and Nepal, at 

 elevations of sis to twelve thousand feet, it is a large, sprawl- 

 ing, irregular growing tree of some fifty or sixty feet high, 

 with rather long leaves, and cones two to two and a half inches 

 long. 



L. Leptolepis, Gordon. — Japan Larch. — This is a very hand- 

 some species from the mountains of Northern Japan, where it 



Fig. 55.— OOLDBN LABOH [L. K<empfen). 



grows to a hight of forty feet. The leaves are an inch to an 

 inch and a half long, slender, and of a pale green color. Cones 

 about an inch and a quarter long, with about sixty scales. 

 Young branches smooth, with ash-colored bark, rather rigid, 

 and spreading branchlets. A very handsome, erect growing 

 tree, and very hardy, at least I have never seen a twig injured 

 by cold in my grounds. 



L. Ksempferi, Gordon. — Golden Larch. — A very distinct 

 species from China, and by some- botanical authorities placed 



