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A HANDBOOK OF CONIFERS 



Winter buds ovoid with downy scales. Leaves arranged in two 

 opposite ranks, those on the upper side of the shoot, the shortest, 

 ^1 in. long, with a rounded apex, dark shining green and grooved 

 above with two well-defined white bands on the lower surface. 

 Cones on the short shoots oblong cylindric, 1-1 1 in long, with 



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Fig. lU.—TSUOA CAROLINIAN A. 



a, spray ; b, winter bud and pubescent upper side of shoot ; c, glabrous under-side of shoot and 



leaf ; d, section of leaf. 



oblong, rounded, downy scales which spread widely when the 

 cone is mature. Seed with a long wing. 



This species closely resembles T. diversifolia, but has longer 

 leaves which are scarcely notched at the apex. 



As a native tree it has a Umited range, being only known from 

 the S. Alleghany Mountains, where it is found at an elevation of 



