TASMAXNIA 



em greenhouses : Ivs. rather small, oblong to oWong- 

 laneeolate, usually obtuse, narrowed to a short petiole: 

 Hs, H-1 in. across, in small, terminal clusters. Spring. 

 Tasmania. B.R. 31:43 (white, tinged pink). 



F. W. B.iKCI..4Y. 



TASSEL FLOWER. See KmiJiu flammea and Brick- 



TAU-KOK BEAN. See Dolichos. 



TAXODIUM (alluding to the similarity of the foliage 

 to that ofTa.xus). Olyploslrobiis, SekubMia. Couif- 

 crw. Tall ornamental deciduous or evergreen trees, 

 with distinctly 2-ranked. sukiII. Iim nr 1. av. s ;,iiil glo- 



TAXODIUM 



natmg m lon^ lioriznnt il n (its 1 lum lliist loots 

 spring the peculi n \ \ i i ] i i 1 1 | i . t iil . i 



ances composed ot » ' '1 md 



spongy bark Thi lii t In tt 



and with age usu iliv i \ I i m iln uimU r 



side of the honzoiii il 1 ^ I i -, ii . Ii. i iu.,1-, iii_ ^mt 

 perpendicuUrh into tin l nth uid hilp to an( hoi the 

 tree firmU m the swinipj Melding soil Tlit kntes ■ire 

 believed by some to be foiiiied tor the puipo^e of 

 strengthening this root sj stem smce the\ aie ihieflv 

 found opposite to the anchor roots, but their mam pur 

 pose is probably to bring air to the roots during the 

 several weeks or months when the swamps are covered 

 with water. The knees always grow high enough to rise 

 above the surface of the water (see, also, G.F. 3, p. 2, 



Cypress, T. di.iti 

 and is hardy as fai 

 desirable tree for 



The 



thr 



Its light green 



and coi 



th water or grown in water 

 China 



lime under glas 



Three s) ecies m North America an 

 Lvs -ilt* rn ite linear U'-ualH 2 rankeil fall 

 cff m I itumn or the second )eir together w 

 the h rt literal branchlets lis monuz't k 

 sii ill tuiiinte fls f itkm like (fnsisting 



hktsof the 

 ited scales 

 -e irnegh 



! stales ""en 

 4 sided disk 



sistmg (_f spirill> arrinL,ed wtod 

 laiged at the apex into an iiie..'ulail' 

 with i mutio in the middle ni 1 tt m 

 narrowed into a slender st U 

 ged seeds under each sc 1 

 The Bald Cj press is one t I 

 timber trees of North Anitii 

 brown light and soft close in 1 sti 

 but not strong it is eisih w ikt 

 the soil and much used fci consti 

 distichum, Rich {C i 

 t 1 I Lnin s 7 / / 



P\LI 



luttiesstd tiuiik u I Ih 4 

 sometimes attaining 12 tt oi i 

 diameter usually hollow in ol 

 bark light cinnamon brown 



feathery foliage and tli 

 it usually retains in <i 

 appearance. In its niit 

 broad, round-topped hi 

 has the trunk much en 

 hollow buttresses projc 



Smaller tree with I I i |i It i tt i j i 1 il us 

 1 ranches clothed witl s| n .ll\ in u „ 1 uc die si ijid 

 more or less upright and ippressetl h s Otcasionilly 

 tcund wild with the type and often cultivated B M 

 5603. F. 1871, p. 60. 

 A great number of garden forms have been described, 



