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PSEUDOLARIX 



* own roots or on the i.-omnioii Larch, as it 

 done, it rarely grows into a syimintrical 

 tree. Pseudolarix is known wild or.ly fi"i]i a r.-trictnl 

 region in N. China, where it grows in ili.- iii.iuinain^ ai 

 an altitude of about 3,000 ft. It i- .l.i-ily alliid t.. 

 Larix, but differs by the stalked, pi-nduluus, (■lusti-nd, 

 staminate fls. and by the deciduous cone-scales, which 

 separate from the axis at maturity as in the tir. 



PSEUDOTSUGA 



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J006. Pseudolarix Kaempferi 



Ksempferi, trord Fig. 200G. {LUrix Kampferi, Fori. 

 Laricipsis Kmmpferi, Kent). Tree, becoming 130 ft. 

 high: Ivs. linear-acuminate, soft, light green, bluish 

 green beneath, 15^-3 in. long and l-\yi lines broad: 

 staminate fls. yellow, about M in. long, slender-stalkc.l: 

 pistillate fls. about % in. long: cone orate, reddisi 

 brown, li^o-3 in. long, lr;i-2 in. broad; scales triangular, 

 ovate-lanceolate, cordate at the base, emarginate at the 

 apex, woody: bracts ovate-lanceolate, much smaller 

 than the scales, each scale with 2 seeds with the wings 

 as long as the scale. F. S. 17:1777-78. R. H. 1868:331; 

 1871, p. 608, 609. G.C. II. 19:88. Gn. 8, p. 325; 29, p. 397. 

 — Var. n&na, Beissn. Dwarf form, cult, in China and 



forest and timber trees of western North America, and 

 in its forms of the higher altitudes it is hardy as far 

 11 I til I- I anada. When it finds a congenial home it is 

 aiiiMiiL: ilic most desirable conifers for park planting 

 ami II mows rapidly. It thrives best in a porous sandy 

 loain, and its cultivation does not differ from that of 

 Allies and Picea, which see. Varieties may be grafted 

 on the type. 



The genus has three species in W. N. America and in 

 Japan. Pyramidal trees, closely allied and very similar 

 in foliage to Abies, from which they are chiefly distin- 

 guished by their cones falling off as a whole at maturity, 

 like those of Picea. The Ivs. contain but one flbro-vas- 

 cular bundle and are not decurrent at the base. The 

 bracts of the cone are rather large and more or less ex- 

 serted, 2-lobed at the apex, with the midrib produced 

 into a subulate awn. Without cones the genus may be 

 distinguished from Abies by its more slender and flexi- 

 ble Ivs., and especially by its elongated ovate or ovate- 

 lanceolate acute and not resinous winter-buds. The 

 light red or yellow wood is hard and durable and much 

 used for construction, for railway ties and for masts. 

 The bark is sometimes used for tanning leather. 



Douglasii, Carr. (P. mucronctta, Sudw. P. taxifdlia, 

 liiitt. /'. Liiidleydna, Carr. Abies Douglasi, Lindl. 

 1 /,,,/,,( Jhniglasii, Kent). Douglas Spruce. Red 

 Kii;. I i:;. 2007. Pyramidal tree, attaining 200 ft. and 

 soiiiftiiii.s 111. .IT. with a tnnik li.roiiiiug 12 ft. in diam. 

 cloth. il \\iili ri.lui-.i .lark rcMirown bark: branches 

 horizontal, wiili ji. ii.liil.ius liraii.-lilets : Ivs. linear, 

 strai-lit .11- .•iirv.'.l. ..liin^... -l.-ii.l.-r and flexible, dark 

 g-rc.-ii .'i- ihii-l. -■'■.■.1'. ,-1 ' , iu. lung : staminate cat- 

 kin- ■ ' - 1-1 " i.'i.li-li: cones pendulous, oval- 



oviii. I , , I ' ! scales and much exserted 



bill. j 1 '.,_ ..(1 }i in. long, with broad 



win- h 111 r. .i.li^li lii.Mii Brit. Col. to Mex., west to 

 Mont, an.l Colo. S.S, ]2:(;o7. (i.F. Ill :2il5. (in. 31, p. 288. 

 R.H. 1868:151.-Themostimporta]itof tli.lorinsincul- 

 are the following: Var. compacta, Hcissn. Of 

 mipact habit. Var. fastigiata, Carr. (var. spar- 

 (^arr.l. D.-nse c.ni.al (ivraniiil witli numerous 

 1- tiran.-li.-~ an.l witli sli.'.rt.-r Ivs. Var. gladca, 

 Witli Muisli -r.H'ii or alnio-t silv.-rv white foli- 

 ir.li.-r than the tvi..-. I.nt ..f slow.-r i,'niwth: from 



This f.irn 

 states, 

 pendulous branches a 

 cens, Beissn. (P. ghu 

 from var. glauca. R 

 With pendulous bran 



glatica p^ndula, Beissn., has 

 Inn. •. ills foliiiL'.-. Var. glauc6s- 

 I H.^, liaillyi. is Iinr.liy different 

 ,s'.i,':.ss. Var. p^nduia, Neum. 

 and dark green foliage. Var. 



PSEUDOPH&NIX (Greek, r«?.s,r7,-,„., n,n,>:n'ftt. 



A genus of one species, a pinnat.;. i-.nv- 



from all other North American iiiiiiii. i., n- -. nrlet- 

 orange fruit, which is about the size ..i a ./litany. This 

 palm is cult, in S. Calif. Generic characters; female 

 fl. with calyx small, spreading, somewhat denticulate; 

 petals 3, ovate, obtnse, green, bent back ; staminodia G, 

 distinctly dark purple at the top: fr. an orange-colored 

 drupe, stipitate, containing 1-3 globular carpels. 



S&Tgenti, H. Wendl. Trunk slender, 20-25 ft. high, 

 10-12 in. thick: Ivs. abruptly pinnate, 4-5 ft. long; 

 pinnae lanceolate, acuminate, 12-16 in. long, bright green 

 above, glaucous beneath, folded backward at the very 

 base: spadix appears from among the Ivs.; main and 

 secondary branches light yellow-green and flattened: 

 fr. usually 3-lobed, %-% in. thick, bright orange-scarlet. 

 FloridaKeys. G.F. 1:353. S.S. 10:506. 



F. W. Barclay. 



PSEUDOTSftGA (Greek false Tsuga). Conlferae. 

 Tall evergreen trees, of synjmetrical pyramidal habit, 

 with regularly whorled branches clothed with linear flat- 

 tened Ivs.. which are more or- less 2-ranked and whit- 

 ish beneath: fls. forming orange or reddish catkins: 

 cones pendulous, medium - sized, of somewhat bristly 

 appearance on account of the protruding bracts. The 

 Douglas Spruce, which is the only species well known 

 in cultivation, is one of the tallest and most important 



2007. Douglas Spruce— Pseudotsuga Douglasii (X 1-5). 



Stairii, Gford. With whitish variegated foliage : of little 

 ornamental value. Var. taxifdlia, Loud. Of slower 

 growth, forming a broad dense pyramid, with longer and 

 darker green Ivs. and the cones with shorter bracts. 



