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The leaves are pretty long, linear and foft, coming 

 out in fafcicuH, or fniall bundles fpreacling like a 

 painter's brufh, and are fet pretty thick around the 

 branches. They are of a light green colour and de- 

 ciduous. The cones are of a fine red colour at their 

 firfl: appearaflce; they are fmalls perhaps three-fourths 

 of an inch long, and half an inch thick, the fcales 

 fmooth, opening early in the fall and dropping their 

 feeds, which are very fmall and winged. 



2. Pinus-Larix alba. JVhite American Larch- 



Tree. 



This a variety of the other, differing very little, 

 except in the cones, being of a greenifh white co- 

 lour« 



3, Pinus-Larix nigra. Black American 



Larch-Tree. 



This is alfo a variety differing in having dark co- 

 loured cones. 



P L A T A N U S. 



The P L A N E - T R E E. 

 Clafs 21. Order 8. Monoecia Polyandria. 



THE Flowers are Male and Female upon the fame plant. 

 *The Male Flowers are difpofed in aglobofe katkin. 

 The Calyx confifts of fome very fmall fegments* 

 The Corolla is fcarce manifeft. 



The Filaments are oblong, thicker above, and coloured. The 

 Antherce are four cornered, moving round the filaments to 

 the inferior fide. 



*The Female Flowers are difpofed in a globe. 



The i-aiyx confifis of many fmall fcales. < 



The C(/rQlla of many petals, concave^ oblong and clubbed. 



The 



