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oblong; the scales with a thin wavy or denticulate margin. — High mountains 
of North Carolina, and northward. — A tall but slender tree. Leaves 3! long, 
rigid. Cones 1'- 13! long. 
4. A. alba, Michx. (Wmurrk Spruce.) Leaves inserted on all sides of 
the branches, needle-shaped, 4-sided, incurved, light green; cones oblong-cylin- 
drical, with the scales entire. — High mountains of North Carolina, and north- 
ward.— A small tree, with more slender and less crowded leaves than those of 
the preceding. Cones 1/ - 2! long. d 
3. JUNIPERUS, L. Joxmre. 
Flowers mostly dicecious. Aments lateral and terminal, small, few-flowered. 
Stamens several: anther-cells 3-6, inserted beneath the peltate scale, opening 
lengthwise.  Carpellary scales 3-6, 1-3-ovuled, partly united, fleshy, and 
forming in fruit a berry-like drupe containing 1 —3 erect bony seeds. Cotyle- 
dons 2, oblong. — Trees, with subulate or scale-like persistent leaves. 
1. I? Virginiana, L. (Rep Cepar.) Branches terete; leaves opposite 
or by threes, minute, rhombic-ovate, closely imbricated, depressed on the back; 
those on young shoots subulate and spreading; drupes small, blue, 1 — 2-seeded. 
— Dry, rocky, or even wet soil, Florida, and northward. March. — A small tree, 
with reddish, fine-grained, dniable, A si mod and spreading branches. 
Leaves dark green. 
4. CUPRESSUS, Tourn. Cypress. j 
Flowers monecious. Aments, terminal, few-flowered. Anther-cells 2-4, 
inserted under the lower edge of the peltate scale, opening lengthwise. Carpel- 
lary scales peltate, bearing several erect ovules on their stalks, becoming woody 
in fruit, and forming a globular dehiscent cone. Seeds winged at each end. 
Cotyledons 2-3, obtuse. — Trees, with minute imbricated leaves. 
1. C. thyoides, L. (Wirz Cenar.) Branchlets compressed, crowded, 
distichous ; leaves ovate, imbricated in 4 rows, with a roundish gland on the 
back ; anther-cells two under each scale; cones small.— Swamps, Florida, and 
northward. April.— A middle-sized tree, with fibrous bark, and light durable 
wood. Branches spreading. Cones 3-4" in diameter, borne on short scaly 
5. TAXODIUM, Richard. Crrnnss. Baro-Crrness. 
Flowers moncecious. Sterile aments small, in a long drooping spiked panicle. 
Scales peltate. Anther-cells 2-5, opening lengthwise. Fertile aments single 
‘or by pairs, with the peltate scales 2-ovuled. Cone globular. Scales very thick, 
angular, slender-stalked, separating at maturity. Seeds 3-angled, wingless. 
_Cotyledons 6 - 9, linear. — Trees, with distichous deciduous leaves. 
LT. distichum, Rich. oe eae d 
