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A genus of coniferous trees, having deciduous leaves, in fascicles (see Illust. of Fascicle).

Of or pertaining to the larch. Keats.

Presiding over matter. [Obs.] Hallywell.

The chief of a phyle, or tribe.

The office of a phylarch; government of a class or tribe.

See Polyarchy.

Growing in a bundle, tuft, or close cluster; as, the fascicled leaves of the pine or larch; the fascicled roots of the dahlia; fascicled muscle fibers; fascicled tufts of hair.

The American larch (Larix Americana), a coniferous tree with slender deciduous leaves; also, its heavy, close-grained timber. Called also tamarack.

Of, or derived from, the larch (Larix); as, larixinic acid.

A variety of sugar, isomeric with sucrose, extracted from the manna of the larch (Larix). [Written also melicitose.]

Perk; pert; jaunty; trim. There amid perky larches and pines. Tennyson.

, mostly found in the northern hemisphere. The genus formerly included the firs, spruces, larches, and hemlocks, but is now limited to those trees which have the primary leaves of the branchlets reduced to mere scales, and the secondary ones (pine needles) acicular, and usually in fascicles of two to seven. See Pine.…

A small plume. When rosy plumelets tuft the larch. Tennyson.

Any species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus Basilarchia (formerly Limenitis) as, the banded purple (B. arthemis). See Illust. under Ursula.

Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalidi, or genus Basilarchia, as the ursula and the viceroy.

The American larch; also, the larch of Oregon and British Columbia (Larix occidentalis). See Hackmatack, and Larch.

anean region. It is also obtained from many coniferous trees, especially species of pine, larch, and fir.

A beautiful North American butterfly (Basilarchia, or Limenitis, astyanax). Its wings are nearly black with red and blue spots and blotches. Called also red-spotted purple.

A large and handsome American butterfly (Basilarchia, or Limenitis, archippus). Its wings are orange-red, with black lines along the nervures and a row of white spots along the outer margins. The larvæ feed on willow, poplar, and apple trees.