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TAXODIUM SEMPERVIRENS. 



EVERGREEN TAXODIUM 



TAXODIUM. Mich 



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CUPRESSI SP. £dnn 



l^lores monoici. Masc* Amenliim cylindricum, lax^ imbricatam: squamis membranaceis, rotundatis, apiculatis, 

 basi intiis antlieriferis. Anther<jB didymasj bivalves, limA transversali hiantes. Foem> Amentum subro- 

 tundum: ol^/Z/.s: geminis- Galbulus globosus: squamis trapczoideis, crassissimis, fungosis, stipite triaii- 

 gulari longiuscpl^ ad racjiii] atJnatiSj peltatis. Nuces geminai, obJongiE, trigonsc, ad latus superius stipitis 

 affixoe, rachidi insertse : testa crassa, ossea- Semina solitaria, pen<;lula ! albumen parcum, lacteum, 

 membranaceum- Embryo teres^ crassus, albus : cotyledones indivisce, obtusEe, crassse plano-convexae : 

 radicula crassa, teres, superior* cotvledonibus mult6 lon";ior5 obtusa. recta. 



Arbores (Amen horeaL)^ procerm^ elegantes^ facie TaxL Ramuli pectinati^ patulu Folia disticha^ linearia. 

 Amenta mascula-^ iiumerosay terminaliaj spicato-racemosa ; foemineis suhrotzmdis^ ierminaUbuSj soUtariis, 





Takodium SEMPERVIRENS, foliis distichis linearibus acutis perennantibus coriaceis glabris opacis. 

 Habitat in OrA occidentali Americae borealis, Meyizies* 



DESCRIPTIO, 



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Arbor sempen-irens. Ramuli angulati, foliosi, glabri. Folia linearia, acuta, disticha, coriacea, glabra, 

 utrlnqueopaca, lucida, subtus nervo medio carinata, margme plana, semi vel nunc fer^ poUicem longa, 



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semilineam lata, basi decursiva. GalhuU terminales solitarii, subrotundi, basi squamis brevibus imbricatis 

 muniti: squamis trapezoideis, peltatis, crassis, fangoso-lignosis, supra rugosis, atque radiatlm striatis, 

 centro-depressis, basi in pcdicello crasso angulato desinentibus. 



The great difference in habit existing bet\veen the Cupressus disticha of Linnceus and the other species 

 referred by him to that genus, induced M. Ricliard* to form it into a separate genus, to which he gave the name 

 of Taxodium. Two years afterwards Messrs. Mirbel and Schoubert described it under the name of Sckubertia.f 

 The very different habit of the trees themselves, the disposition of the male flowers, and the sohtary 

 pendulous seed, will readily distinguish this genus from Cupressus, to which most Botanists have hitherto 

 referred it. On my way from the country last Autumn, in the beginning of November, I was fortunate in 



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* Annal. du Museum. XVI. p. 269. + Nout. Bull, dela Soc. Philom. III. p. 123. 



