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The leaves are pretty long, linear and foft, coming 
out in fafciculi, or fmall bundles fpreading like a 
painter’s brufh, and are fet pretty thick round the 
branches. They are of a lightgreen colour and de- 
ciduous. The cones are of a fine red colour at their 
firft appearance; they are fmall, 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. 
2vPinuS“Larix alba. White 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* 
PLATANUS. 
The PLANE-TREE. 
Oafs 21. Order 8 . Monoecia Polyandria. 
T H E Flowers are Male and Female upon the fame plant, 
* The Male Flowers are difpofed in a globofe 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 Calyx confifts of many fmall fcales. 
The Corolla of many petals, concave, oblong and clubbed. 
The 
