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CONIFERiE. , iTaxodium. 



Hab. Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and throughout Canada, to lat. 63°, where it terminates with the Betula 

 papyracea, DrIticIiardson.—\i grows in swampy situations. Cones deep purple, at length in age brown. 



15. P. {Abies) rubra (Lamb. Pin. t 38); " foliis solitariis subulatis acuminatis, stro- 

 bilis (pendulis) oblongis obtusis, squamis rotunclatis subbilobis margine integris."— P. 

 Americana rubra, &c. WaJigenh. BeyL 75. t 16. /. 54.. 



Hab. Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. TFaH^ew/i.(m Z«/wi.).— This is a very dubious tree, according to 

 Mr Lambert. Pursh says it is nearly related to the preceding. 



\Q. P. {Abies) Canadensis {la,) \ ramulis pubescentibus, foliis brevibus (6 lineaslongis) 

 linearibustenuibus obscure denticiilatis subtus glaucis, strobilis parvis (vix folio longiori- 

 bus), squamis paucis rotundalis integerrimis. Lamb, Pin, L 45. Ph, Am. 2. p. 640. 

 Abies Canadensis. Mich. N. Am. Sylv. 3. p. 185. t. UO.— (3.? foliis angustioribus.— P. 

 taxifolia. Lamb. Pin, t, 47, 



Hab. Canada, extending to the most northern regions, according to Pursh. N. W. America. Dr Scolder, 

 as far as Millbank Sound and Stikine. Tolmie.—^.? N. W. America. Menzies.—Thh well-known Hemlock 

 Spruce is readily distinguished by its small tern:iinal cones. My specimens from N. W. America, which are 

 in fruit, do not seem to diflFer from those of Eastern America, and I am led to consider the P. tazifoiius of 

 Mr Lambert probably a variety of the present species. 



17. P. {Larix) pendula (SoJand. in Ait. Hort Kew. ed, I. v. 3. p. 369) ; foliis fascicu- 

 latis declduis, strobilis oblongis squamarum marginibus inflexis, bracteolis panduriformi- 

 bus acumine attenuato. Lamb. Pin. t 49. Ph. Am. 2. p. 645. 



Hab. Canada. Ph. Newfoundland. Miss Breiiion. N. W. America. I^ourjlas.—Ux Douglas' specU 

 men. gathered in his last journey, has neither cones nor flowers, and the leaves are longer and slenderer than 

 ajiy other Larix I have ever seen. 



18. P. {Larix) microcarpa {X>u Ro\) ; " foliis fasciculatisdeciduis, strobilis subrotundis 

 paucifloris, squamis inflexis, bracteolis ellipticis obtuse acuminatis." Lamb. Pin. t. 50. 

 Ph. Am. 2. p. 645.— Larix Americana. Mich. N. Am. Sylv. 3. p. 213. t. 153. 



Ha=. Hudson's Bay. Ph. From York Factory to Point Lake, in lat. 65°, where it only attains a height 

 of iroru G-8 feet. Br Rrchardson Lake Huron. Br Todd.-l should fear this can only be distinguished 

 Irom the preceding by its shorter leaves and smaller cones. 



I am unacquainted with the affinities of the two following species— 



• 19. P. Mertensiana (Bong. Veg. Silcha, p. 45) ; "fdiis (solitariis) linearibus obtusius- 

 culis basi in petiolum attenuatis integerrimis, squamis coni reniformibus integris." 



Hab. Sitcha. -Bon^'arcf.— Leaves 5 lines, and oblong cones I J inch, long. 



20. P. Sitchensis (Bong. Veg. Sitcha, p. 45) ; « foliis (solitariis) linearibus subtetra- 

 gonis acuminatis mucronatis, squamis coni oblongis obtusis tenuissime denticulatis." 



Hab. Sitcha. Bongard.— Lcsi\cs 7-8 lines, ovate cones I-IJ inch, long. 



TAXODIUM. Hic/iard. 



1. T.fsempervirens {Lamb. Pin. t 6^); "foliis distichis linearibus acutis perennanti- 

 bus conaceis glabris opacis." Lamb. 



