224 MONOECIA. MONADEIPHIA. 



766. THUJA. L. (x\rbor vitje Tree.) 



Masc. Anient imbricated. Calix consisting 

 of scales. Corolla none. Anthers 4. Fem. 

 Anient strobilaceous. Scales of the calix 2- 

 flowered. Corolla none. JS'*ut 1, surrounded 

 witii an alated margin. 



Mostly small trees; branchlets angnkir or compressed; 

 leaves squamiform, and imbricated, opposite; amcnt. ter- 

 minal; cone terminal or axillary, even or squarrose. 



Species. 1. T. occuleiitalis, (called White Cedar.) In- 

 digenous also to Siberia. 



A very small and widely dispersed genus indigenous to 

 China, Japan, Barbary, Madagascar and the Cape of Good 

 Hope. 



767. CUPRESSUS. L. (Cypress.) 



Masc. Ament ovate, imbricated. Calix con- 

 sisting of peltate scales. CoroUa none. Anthers 

 4, sessile. Fem. Ament strobilaceous. Calix 

 peltate scales. Corolla none. Germs 4 to 8 un- 

 der each scale of the caiix. JS'hits angular, com- 

 pressed. 



Principally large trees with alternate branches; leaves 

 mostly squamiform and oppositely imbricated; in C. disti- 

 cha (Shubertli?, of Mirbell) deciduous; aments terminal; 

 cones terminal or axillary. 



, Species. C. 1. thyoides. (White Cedar ) 2. disticha. 

 Leaves distichil, fiat and deciduous. Has. From Dela- 

 ware to the Missisippi, and ascending that river to the 

 confluence of the Oliio. Obs. Aments paniculated, pen- 

 dulous. /S. * imcricaria. Leaves subuh.te, partly imbri- 

 cated in 4 ranks, deciduous; nuts larger, chesnut colour- 

 ed — Found from Florida to North Carolina, in swamps 

 and ponds more remote from the sea. — A smaller tree than 

 the preceding, often producing fruit at the height of 3 

 feet from the ground. 



A small genus indigenous to Europe, Lndia, J^ipan, and 

 the Cape of Good Hope. 



768. ACALYPHA. X. 



Masc. Calix 3 or 4.parted. Corolla none. 



