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L. cliinensis. See Cunninghamia sinensis. 

 L. communis. See L. europsea. 

 L. decidua. See L. europsea. 



2. L. europsea, De CandoUe, Fl. Frangaise (1805), ex Tournefort, 

 Inst. t. 357, iii. 277 ; Loudon, Arboretum, iv. 2350, with figs.; Veitcli, 

 127 ; Beissner, 321 ; Loudon, Encyd. 1054, f. 1972 ; Kew Index 

 MSS. The parent larches at Dunkeld, Gard. Chron. Feb. 12, 1876, 

 p. 209, fig. The Common Larch. 



Synonyms: — Finns Larix, Linnaeus; Parlatore, 411; Lambert, 

 Finns, ed. 2, t. 35. Larix excelsa, Link. Larix decidua, Miller, 

 Vict. (1759) ; the earliest name, but not generally adopted ; Koch, ii. 

 258; Richter, Fl. Furop. i. 4. Abies Larix, Poiret. Larix pyra- 

 midalis, Salisbury in Linn. Trans, viii. 313 (1805). 



Varieties : — pendula, Gard. Chron. Dec. 3, 1887, p. 685, fig. ; 

 and 1888, April 7 ; L. EUROPiEA var. sibirica, Loudon, Arboretum , 

 2352. See also Beissner, 325, for other varieties. 



Alps. 



L. Fraserii. See L. europsea. 



3. L. GriflS-thii, Hook. fil. in Illustr. Himalayan Flants, t. 31, 

 and in Gard. Chron. June 5, 1886, p. 718 ; Masters in Gard. Chron. 

 1886, Oct. 9, fig. ; Yeitch, 128 ; Beissner, 317, fig. 



Synonyms: — Finns Grijffithii, Parlatore, 411. Abies Griffithiana, 

 Lindley and Gordon. 

 Eastern Himalayas. 



L. intermedia. See L. europsea var. sibirica. 

 L. japonica, Murray. See L. leptolepis. 

 L. Kxmpferii. See Pseudolarix. 



4. L. kurilensis, Mayr, Mon. Abiet, Japan. 66, t. 5, f. 15. 

 Kurile Islands. 



L. laricina. See L. pendula. 



5. L. leptolepis, Endlicher ; Parlatore, 410; Gordon ; Yeitch, 130; 

 Beissner, 318, fig. ; Masters in Gard. Chron. Jan, 20, 1883, p. 88, fig. ; 

 Mayr, Mon. Abiet. Jap. 63, t. 5, fig. 14. 



Synonyms: — Abies leptolepis, Siebold and Zuccarini, Flor. Jap. 

 t. 103 ; Lindl. and Gordon in J ourn. Hort. Soc. v. 213. L. japonica 

 Carri^re. 



Varieties : — Murrayana, Maximowicz, Ind. Sem. Fetrop. 1866 ; 

 Beissner, 319, fig. 84, ex Gartenflora, 1871. = L. japonica, Murray. 

 Pines and Firs of Japan, p. 94, fig. 



Introduced in 1861 from Japan by J. G. Veitch. According to 

 Mayr this is the plant originally called Finus Kd&mpferi by Lambert. 

 See Pseudolarix. 



