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LARCH. 
(Le Meleze. Fr.) 
Natural Order , Coniferae. Linncean Classification , 
MoNOECIA MoNANDRIAe 
LARIX.* (Tournefort.) 
The plants of this genus differ from the Pines and Firs in having deciduous 
clustered leaves. Anthers opening longitudinally. Bractes coloured 
and persistent. The cones are erect, with the scales excavated at the 
base and persistent. 
Deciduous leaved trees with globular proliferous buds, usually of large 
dimensions, natives of the mountainous regions of Europe, the west of 
Asia and of North America ; highly valued for the great durability of their 
timber. 
WESTERN LARCH TREE. 
LARIX occidentalis, foliis rigidis utrinque bicanaliculatis , strobilis 
ovatis majusculis , bracteolis, sublanceolatis integris longissime foliaceo - 
acuminatis squarrosis. 
* Supposed to be from the Celtic lar , fat, in allusion to the abundance 
of resin which it affords. 
