64 BOTANY. 



and rendered valueless. This kind of decay seemed to affect the wood in a great number of 

 detached points at the same time, and not to be connected with any external injury. 



The fruit of the Libocedrus is very different from that of any of its congeners, and is well 

 represented by the plate given in P. Fremont. (1. c.) by Dr. Torrey, except that it is always 

 pendulous and not erect, as there represented. 



