BALD CYPRESS. 



Taxodiiitn di-stirltum (L. ) Rich. 



Fig. 42. Fruiting branchlet with closed cones, i 

 section, 3 ; sterile branchlet from lower branches 

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



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



44. \\'ood structure magnified 15 diameters. 



cone disintegrating, . 

 4. ; branchlet bearing 



; scale 

 ;lusters 



and seed in 

 of staminate 



