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KETELEERIA, Carri^re in Eevue Horticole, 1866, and May 1887 ; 

 Traits, ed. 2, 260 ; Pirotta, Bull. Soc. Toscan. di Orticoltura (1877), 

 p. 269. Abies, Bentham and Hooker, iii. 442. See Francliet, PI. 

 DavidianXy 1884, c. ic. (Tribe Abietine^.) 



Evergreen trees with flat leaves and scaly buds. Male spikes in 

 tufts or umbels. Anthers opening transversely. Pollen-grains two- 

 winged. Cones erect, lateral ; scales long-persistent, but ultimately 

 separating one from another. Bracts shorter than the scale. Seed 

 winged. 



1. K. Portunei, Carrifere, Revue Horticole, 1866, c. ic. ; et Traite des 

 Conif. ed. 2, p. 260 ; Beissner, 421, fig. 116 ; Masters in Gard. Chron, 

 March 15, 1884, fig. ; April 3, 1886, 1889, 689 ; and in Journ. Linn, 

 Soc. xxii. 197, figs. ; Garden, Feb. 23, 1889, ex Bevue Horticole ; Mayr, 

 Mon. Abiet. Jap. (1890), p. 99. 



Sr^ONYMS: — Abies Fortunei, Lindley in Gard. Chron. 1850, 

 p. 311; Yeitch, 124. A. jezoensis, Lindl. (non Siebold), Gard. Chron. 

 May 18, 1850, p. 311. Picea Fortunei, Murray. Pinus Fortunei, 

 Parlatore, 430. 



Eastern China. Introduced by Fortune. , 



2. K. Davidiana, Franchet, China. See Masters in Gard. Chron, 

 1889 ; Florist, 1874, p. 125, c. ic. (sub. no in. Psendot 3Uga). 



3. K. sacra, Franchet, China ; not yet in cultivation. 



Larch. See Larix. 



Larch, Golden. See Pseudolarix. 



LARIX, Miller ; Bentham et Hooker, Gen. Plant, iii. 442 ; 

 Eichler, PJianzenfamilien, ii. 69, fig. 



Pinus, section Larix, Endlicher ; Parlatore in DC. Prod. xvi. 

 4.09. (Tribe Abietine^.) 



Trees with long shoots and scattered foliage, or with short spurs 

 and leaves in tufts ; the leaves in both cases linear, deciduous, soft. 

 Male flowers in short spikes, anthers apiculate, 2-lobed, dehiscing trans- 

 versely. Pollen grains very large, globose. Cone-scales woody, per- 

 sistent. Seed without resin canals. Wing of seed oblong, acute. 

 Cotyledons 6-8 3-cornered or flat, entire. Primiry leave3 entire 

 (Tubeuf.) 



L. americana. See L. pendula. 



L. archangelica. See L. sibirica. 



1. L. davurica, Fischer ; Parlatore, 1. c. 410 ; Yeitch, 127 ; Beissner, 



328, fig. 90, ex Gartenflora, 1871. 



Varieties : — prostrata, Kegel, japonica, Maximowicz; Beissner, 



329, ex Gartenflora, 1871. 

 Siberia. 



