Coniferie. 
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Cultivated in shrubberies, more rarely solitary in forests; 
5, rather later than the last . . f Laricio Poir. 2567. 
— Ls bright-green, rarely exceeding 5 cm. Buds of the 
twigs obtuse or short-acuminate. Boss of the scales 
grayish brown, the umbilicus dull, surrounded by a 
blackish ring (which is rare in 2566). Heart-wood 
grayish brown. —a. uncinata Ram. Bosses of the scales 
on the lower side of the cone larger than those which 
are turned towards the trunk, recurved in the form 
of a hook or hood. (Cones unsymmetrical.)—b. Pumilis 
Hank. Bosses at most hemispheric, the umbilicus, at 
least on the underneath scales, eccentric.—c. Mughus 
Scop Bosses flat or raised to a right angle by the trans¬ 
verse keel; umbilicus central; cones symmetrical.—Alp., 
subalp. and Jura, especially on calc, rocks and 
peat-mosses, descending to 600 m above sea-level; b. the 
most widely spread form in Switz.; a. in the Alp. of 
Graub., Wall, and Vaud, where it becomes a tall tree; 
in the Jura it is only found as a shrub or an obliquely 
ascending tree; c. only eastwards from the upper Enga- 
dine (Yal Chiamuera). 6 . . montana Mill. 2568. 
OBS. The following is often cultivated in shrubberies: P. Strobus L. 
(Weymouth Pine).—Hybrid: P. montanasylvestris? (Friesiana Wich., rhsetica 
Briigg.). 
678. Abies. Fir. XXI, 5. 
1. Ls in clusters of 15—80 (solitary on the twigs of the 
current year), soft, deciduous in autumn. Pinus Larix 
L., Larix decidua Mill. Larch.—Alp. and subalp., up to 
2300 m, especially in G. and W.; also cultivated. 6 
Larix Lam. 2569. 
— Ls isolated, evergreen ...... 2 
2. Ls disposed equally all round the twigs, compressed- 
4-cornered, mucronate. Cones pendant. Heart-wood of 
the trunk brown, scaly. Pinus Albies L., Pinus Picea 
Duroi. Spruce-fir. —Forests, up to 1800 m and higher. 6 
excelsa Dec. 2570. 
— Ls of the lower twigs (which bear no fr.) pectinate- 
distichous, flat, notched at the tip, with 2 white, longi¬ 
tudinal, lines below; disposed all round the fr.-bearing 
twigs at the top. Cones erect. Heart-wood of the trunk 
light gray, remaining, for a long time, smooth. Pinus 
Picea L., Pinus Abies Duroi. Silver-fir.—Forests, up to 
1500 m. 5. pectinata Dec. 2571. 
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