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Fortunei, Mayr.' Fortune's Pseudo-larch is neither to be f ound gtow- 

 ing wild in Japan, nor is it at the present day cultivated there." 



The Pseudolarix is only to be found as small plants in Denmark ; 

 but I suppose the species will prove hardy. P. Fortunei is a highly 

 ornamental tree, the foliage of v/hich in spring is of the most delicate 

 pea-green, and towards autumn assumes a bright or clear golden-yellow. 

 Even when leafless, the beautiful yellowish-green or golden-brown of 

 the young shoots is particularly effective, and as uncommon as it is 

 beautiful. We have found the Golden Larch to be perfectly hardy, to 

 succeed well, perhaps best, on a free, gravelly loam, and to bear stem 

 and branch pruning with impunity. It is the only deciduous golden 

 Conifer at present introduced, and is the largest in growth. For its 

 ornamental qualities it is certainly well worthy of extended culture 

 (Trans. Roy. Scot. Arb. Soc. xii. pt. 2). 



33. LARIX,— Endl. Conif. 128. Laricis sp. Tourn. Inst. 586. 

 Abietis sp. Juss. Gen. PI. 414 ; Rich. Conif. 147, t. 13. Larix, Link 

 in Linnsea, xv. 533, and pl. auct. ; Spach, Hist. Yeg. Phan. xi. 

 431 ; Carr. Conif. 351 ; C. Koch, Dendr. ii. 257 ; Gord. Pinet. 123 ; 

 Henk. and Hochst. Nadelh. 128 ; Endl. Syn. Conif. 128 (Pinus, sect. 

 Larix) ; Pari, in DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 409 (Pinus, sect. Larix) ; Eichl. 

 in Engl, and Prantl Natiirl. Pflf. ii. 75 ; Willk. Forstl. Fl. 136 ; 

 Beissn. Nadelh. 314 ; H. Mayr, Monographie der Abietineen cles 

 Japanischen Reiches, 1890, 62. 



Flowers monoecious ; the male catkins small, without footstalks, 

 and egg-shaped ; the female ones erect, solitary, ovate, and much 

 larger than the males. 



Cones small, ovate-obtuse, or somewhat cylindrical, and consisting of 

 but few scales. 



Scales persistent, leathery, thin towards the margins," and a little 

 reflexed or undulated. 



Brads either longer or shorter than the scales, unevenly notched 

 on the edges, ovate-pointed, or lanceolate. 



Seeds very small, with a leatheiy covering and membranaceous 

 wings. 



Cotyledons from five to seven in nuniber. 



Leaves deciduous, linear, obtuse, soft, without footstalks, and 

 either produced in bundles or singly. 



The name Larch, according to some authors, is derived from the 

 Celtic word lar (fat), on account of the tree producing an abundance 

 of resinous matter, which flows externally down its stem, and which 

 Ovid describes in the following lines : — 



" The new-made trees in tears of amber run, 

 Which harden into value by the sun." 



But, according to other writers, the name is derived from the SVehh 



