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C. thnyoides, Linn. — White Cedar. — Leaves very small, ovate, 

 regularly imbricated in four rows, and of a light glaucous-green 

 color. Branches sjireading and drooping. Cones very sniaU 

 and clustered. Seeds few, very small, and nearly round. A 

 large tree, forty to eighty feet higli, and stem two to three feet 

 in diameter, usually very straight. Wood reddish, light, soft, 

 but fine-grained, and very durable. Used for a great variety of 

 purjooses, and always in demand. This tree is always found in 





Fig. 51 . — TWISTED BRANCHED CYPRESS. 



cold, wet lands or swamps, and widely distributed from New 

 England to Florida, and westwai'd to Wisconsin. This species 

 was made the type of the new genus as given above by Spach, 

 but I certainly agree with Mr. Hoopes when he says in regard 

 to this matter, that our "American botanists, however, who have 

 known it from childhood, and whose facilities for close inves- 

 tigation are amply sufficient, refuse to accept the innovation, and 

 consequently retain it in CujJressus." 



