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TA B . 37.
3i. PINUS MICROCARPA.
RED LARCII.
P i n u s m i c r o c a r p a , I'oliis fasciculatis deciduis, strobilis subrotundis paucifloris; squamis inflexis,
bractcolis ellipticis obtusè acuminatis.
P. lancina, foliis fasciculatis deciduis, conis subglobosis; squamis Iaxis orbiculatis glabris. Du Roi.
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D E SCR IP T IO .
Præcedentibus similis, ramulis laxè pendentibus,yôZm paululùm minoribus. Amenta mascula breyissima
et ferè capitata, antheris apice lateribusque ventricosis, cristâ muticâ, dellexâ: foeminea retusa, pauci-
flora, bracteolis obovato-ellipticis, acumine obtusiori. Strobili parvi, semiunciales, rubicundi, squamis
paucioribus, margine inflexis, integris.
I h i s species is very scarce in England, but would be a great ornament to the finest plantations.
The only tree of any size I have seen is at Whitton, where it was planted by John Duke of Argyll^
and which has a remarkably beautifhl appearance in the summer, being covered with a great number of
bright purple cones. The specimen from which the figure was taken came from that tree. It is a
very remarkable species, the cones being much smaller than those of P. pendula. Upon examining
the two trees very accurately, I am inclined to suppose them really distinct: besides the smallness of
the cones they differ essentially in the figure of the bracteolx. The cones of both are sent from
America annually to Mr. Loddige, one under the name of the black, and the other of the red Larch.
He has a large plantation of fine healthy trees of each sort about eight feet high, which produce many
cones every year; and although they grow close to each other, the cones always remain distinct, There
are two trees growing at Sion House under the name of the Siberian Larch, which I make no doubt
were brought from America, and appear to be P. microcarpa.
EXPLANATION OF TAB. 37.
A. Male Catkin.
B. Anthera.
C,C. Female Catkins.
D. Bracteola.
E. Inner view of the same.
f. Scale of the ripe Cone,
g- Scale with the Seeds.
h. Seeds.
i, I. Leaf.