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arranged in whorls of three or four. They re- 

 tain this juvenile form much longer than the 

 seedlings of Thuja, and it is not uncommon for 

 young ])lants 20 centimeters high to show little 

 trace of tlie mature form of foliage. 



The wood of this cypress is light yellow, 

 very even grained and fragrant. It is one of 

 of the hnest woods i)roduced in this region, and 

 should be as valuable as the red cedar of the 

 eastern United States. 



Jiinipcrus. Linnieus, Sj). PI. 1038. 1753. 



Trees or shrubs with aromatic wood. Leaves 

 spreading, linear subulate, or scale-like and 

 appressed. Flowers minute, usually dioecious, 

 axillary or terminal on short axillary branches. 

 Staminate flower consisting of an axis bearing 

 opposite or ternately whorled peltate stamens, 

 each with two to five pollen sacs. Pistillate 

 flower consistinc; of an axis bearing three to six 

 opposite or ternately whorled carpels, often with 

 modified sterile scales at the base. Fruit fleshy, 

 berry-like or drupaceous. 



A genus of about thirty species which form 

 three well-marked sections. Of these the two 

 following are represented in America. 



