BALD CYPRESS. 



Taxodiinn distichmn (L.) Rich. 



Fig. 42. Fruiting branchlet with closed cones, i ; cone disintegrating, 2 ; scale and seed in 

 section, 3 ; sterile branchlet from lower branches, 4 ; branchlet bearing clusters of staminate 

 flower-buds, 5 ; branchlet in winter, 6. 



43. Trunks and "knees" in St. Francis River swamp, Ark. 



44. Wood structure magnified 15 diameters. 



