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Genus CEDRUS-^k. 



THE TRUE CEDARS. 



Trees with cones (maturing in two years), erect, 

 large, depressed at the ends ; the leaves short, slender, 

 mostly tufted and persistent several years from the 

 ends of undeveloped branchlets (spurs). 



Three Species. Natives of the mountains of western 

 and central Asia and northern Africa. Successfully 

 grown in the Pacific slope states, and placed here to 

 complete the classification. 



Class B. DECIDU^E. 



DECIDUOUS-LEAVED FASCICULARS. 



Trees with small, slender leaves, mostly tufted on 

 the ends of short bnmchlets, peculiar for being 

 promptly deciduous; cones (maturing in one season) 

 small, pendent from the sides of branches of the 

 previous season's growth. 



Two Genera the Larches: 



