Bui. 680, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



Plate I. 



Larix laricina: Foliaqe and Leafless Branch with Old Persistent Open Cones. 



a. Cone scale at base of cone: b, scale near base: c, scales from center of cone; d, e, scales near top of cone 

 (all enlarged H times natural size); /, seed with its wing (natural size); g, terminal shoot -with juvenile 

 or primary leaves. 



