THE WHITE CEUAKS. 49 



No. 1. Cham^cyparis sphoeroidea, Spachj the White Cedar. 

 Syii. Cupressus thyoides, LinncBus. 

 „ „ naua-mariana, Pluknet, 



„ Thuja sphceroidea, Hort. 

 „ „ sphoeroidalis, Richard. 



Leaves, in four rows, regularly imbricated, ovate-pointed, and 

 in opposite pairs, seldom spreading at the points, but always in 

 straight lines, of a bright glaucous green, and with a large 

 transparent gland on the back rib. Stem, bushy, branching 

 to the ground, particularly on young plants. Branches, hori- 

 zontal, somewhat pendulous, and densely covered at the points, 

 with numerous small branchlets ; branchlets, crowded, com- 

 pressed, long, regularly forked, frequently bent downwards, and 

 covered with small scale-formed leaves- Cones, very small, 

 globular, numerous, clustered together, and about the size of a 

 small pea, green when young, but of a glaucous blue or brown 

 colour when ripe. Scales, mostly seven in number, shield-shaped, 

 four or five sided, in opposite alternate pairs, with the odd 

 terminal one the largest, each having a slightly elevated, broad, 

 flat point in the centre, and covering two small round slightly 

 winged seeds at their base in sunken grooves. 



A tall evergreen tree, growing 70 or 80 feet high, and 3 feet 

 in diameter. 



It is only found growing in a wild state, in the wet grounds 

 of the maritime districts of New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia, 

 where it nearly fills all the extensive marshes along the coast. 

 It also occurs in great abundance in the Dismal Swamps near 

 Norfolk, in the state of Virginia, and is found to extend as far 

 as Carolina, but always in swampy places. It is perfectly hardy, 

 and has the foUowins: varieties. 



