,., , CONIFER J^l . 115 



Libomlrus. 



2 to 4 to each scale, ,ving-Margi„ed, ^ U-s long. - DC Prodr^xvi^ ^^^^0^^ 



Ranges of Oregon, very valuable for its tnnbei ^"f f ^^J^^^^ji ,,o,Ued, elastic and very dura- 

 and W.feg-nt, fine ^-^J^^^'^l'^^^t^ as "Ginger Pine." It is extensively 

 ^i.:LdS=en?Snn:;ero:U^ ,,^^,, ,,,, ,, 



C. NUTKAENSIS, Spaeh, a moi-e northern -Jf-^-^^/^^^JjiXw t 1^^^ ^l'^"^'^'' ^^^^'^^ ^"^^ ^''' 

 Alaska, probably does not reach Cahtorn a /* is dvstmg^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ 



flattened branchlets, -ith -ger n.m ^^^,^,1 ..^.es. 



of 4 or 6 more convex scales (thickei ana gieeuei; wiu j i 



4. THUYA, Tourn. 



Arbor- ViT^. 



Flowers moncecious. Aments te™i„al, of tew scales decssately imbricat^l iu 



airs. Staininate flowe: 

 r 6 subpeltate broadly ( 



:ratrrr:::-::e^;»;;^^^^^^^^^^ 



rm lolrelsed, .ade subovbic„lar by nearly ec.ua. lateral wmgs Cotyledons 



vers monoecious. Aiueinb iv;iiuixic.x, ^. ^^- ~- , , i ffu,. a 



pairs Staminateflowers„umer„us,verysmall,vvith3or4anthers,mdereachoBho^ 

 r„bpeltatebroad.yovate pointed scales n>olleu-grainss,uHde^Fe.td^^a^^^^^^ 

 „,.„.,(„„ ,t„„..er branchlets, of 8 to 12 erect scales, with a pair of collateral erect 



somewhat compressed, made subovbicnlar oy neari, en.... .<....». ■?,.,.,,', f„,i- 

 3 -Evergreen trees, with thin fibrous bark, scattered branches «^ ^ st.ch u. fol 

 ;:e ; leaves opposite, adrrate and imbricate in 4 rows, oblong. wUh free acute fps, 

 somewhat dimorphous. 



Onl, three species are Known, closely simii.r to each other, ot wUeb one Wongs to the Atlan- 



drooping b,^nches •. ff ^f /f ' S^frt:™ r a i e lot o",ersomewhat clustered 

 gent, very obsc.re y glandular ^ '^>';^ f "J^ ^„'',,'' ^Vscales with a thin acute usually 

 near the ends of the b«>'c «''. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ „hi,,, are 3 lines long, dis- 



appressed mu; ro : seeds a little bhoitertnantnewi Svlva, iii. 102, t. 



tinct, and slightly ™jq"» ^ ^°"™kr t ''■^ P;r^^to^ DG Prodi xvi'. 457. 



Mrtt° e,„e t in the Coast ^-:^-^^:^;S^i:i^^::i:^^i::^Z 



S£e^Lr:llh^:llr;;t',w.fe""s^;i: '¥L\-ooa is s„t., I>e.gr.inea, ,ight.colorea, easUy 

 split and very durable. 



5. LIBOCEDRUS, Endl. White Cedar of California. 



Stamimt^ flowers witli 12 or more filament-scales. Cones not reflexed of 4 or G 



erec :2 t^^^^^^^^^ and somewhat valvate thicU-coriaceous scales, the hnver ,xur 



Zner and sterile, the third pair (when present) also sterde and connate. Seeds 



very unequally winged. Otherwise as n«i/«. , , . , rwAMaC-,,^ 



