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alternate, in two rows, or scattered, those at the base of the 

 shoots, from four to six lines long, tapering to a point, but 

 becoming very much smaller towards the extremities of the 

 branchlets, where they are hardly more than one or two lines 

 long; oval, blunt-ended, and having the appearance of being- 

 imbricated. 



Nothing is known of this kind beyond the description given 

 by M. Brongniart, who states that it is found in North 

 America. It in all probability is nothing more than a moun- 

 tain form of the common deciduous Cypress, as no collector or 

 traveller in the United States has discovered it since his time 

 and the circumstance of the leaves becoming much smaller 

 towards the ends of the shoots, is quite a common occurrence 

 in the deciduous Cypress in dry seasons. 



No, 3, Taxodium Sinense, Noisette, the Chinese Deciduous 



Cypress. 



Syn. Taxodium Sinense pendulum, Forbes. 

 distichum pendulum, Loudon. 



nutans, Loudon. 



Sinense, Loudon. 



Glyptostrobus pendulus, Endlieher. 

 Cupressus disticha nutans, Alton. 



Leaves alternate, linear-lanceolate, distant, and deciduous; 

 from three to six lines long, without any foot-stalks at the 

 base, and tapering into a sharp point at the apex ; those on 

 the young shoots in the early part of the season, are twisted, 

 and compressed round the stem, but more expanded and spread 

 out, like those of the common deciduous Cypress, by the 

 autumn. Branches horizontal, spread out straight, or slightly 

 bent downwards towards the extremities, with the young 

 shoots slender, pendulous, and closely covered with light green 

 leaves, which fall oft' during winter, and frequently the ends 

 of the young shoots get killed at the same time by the cold. 

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