340 WEEDS AND USEFUL PLANTS. 
4 anther-cells. Fertite aments with the scales imbricated, fixed by phe 
base, each bearing 2 erect ovules, dry and spreading at maturity. 
page edons 2. Leaves pte very short, appressed and imbricated i 
the flattened branches. 
1. T. occidenta‘lis, L. ih spreading ; leaves closely appressed, 
aie « on the back ; cones ovoid-oblong, scales obtuse, pointless. 
Western Tuusa. American Arbor-Vite. 
—50 feet too with a conical top ; young branches 2-edged, diverging horizontally. 
Stem 20 
Cones half an inch long $ on the recurved branchlets ; scales 1-seeded ; 
Seed pen winged 
New le 
d ‘northwest 
bs. This is a native of the cooler parts of the cage and is fre- 
spans Sor pi as an ornamental evergreen. e North it is 
regard valuable tree for its timber, which is er ee though 
dificult to abate of any great length. 
2. T. orrenta’iis, L. Branches ; leaves slightly sulcate in the 
middle ; cones buildin id or door, erect ; scales acute with con- 
Spicuous recurved or spreading points. : 
Eastern Tausa. aria Arbor-Vite. 
erect branches from 
Stem 10 — bh nu 
near the base vespeealy when young ; Carne diverging vertically 0 me fan -like, with the 
edges up and dow 
Cultivated. Nati t Japan 
Obs. This is a much smaller — than the preceding, its foliage and 
eeper It is often used for an ornamental hedge ; 
cones of much d green. 
and i it is decidedly better for show tas for service 
5. CUPRES’SUS, Tournef. Cypress. 
[The classical name.] 
Flowers moneecious on different branches, in terminal small aments. 
Srerite aments of shield-shaped scales bearing 2—4 anther-cells 
margin. : 
tached to oor base or stalk ae ons 2-3. ng-scented ever: 
oo trees, with very small and oe closel Spetlansy imbricated 
and nt sg durabl 
C, thyoi‘des, Leaves pes ovate, with a -senell ao ge on the 
Ran, closely ee in 4 rows on the 2-edged brane 
-‘Tuvsa-tixe Cupresscs. White Cedar. 
