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at the end of the branches, maturing the first year, globose, about 
2 cm. (84 inch) in diameter, wrinkled; seeds in pairs under each 
scale. 
Distribution. Along the Atlantic coast from Delaware south to 
Florida and along the Mississippi Valley south from southern In- 
diana and Illinois to the Gulf. In Indiana it is found only in the 
southwestern part of the State, along the wet banks of streams or 
in river swamps and sloughs. In Posey County it is found in a 
few sloughs along the Ohio River about 3 miles east of Mt. Vernon, 
on the low border of Hovey Lake and in a few swamps along the 
Wabash River south of Bone Bank which is 6 miles south of a line 
running due west from Mt. Vernon. It is not found between Bone 
Bank and White River. Just north of White River in Knox County 
it formerly filled extensive sloughs. ‘These have been drained, 
cleared and are now cultivated. It is usually a large tree, some- 
times reaching a height of 45 m. (145 feet) and a diameter of 18 
dm. (72 inches). 
The published records of the distribution are as follows: Clark* 
(Baird and Taylor); Gibson, Knox and Posey (Schneck); Knox and 
Posey (Wright). 
Additional records are: Knox and Posey (Deam). 
Economic uses. Wood light, soft, not strong, straight-grained, 
does not warp or shrink much, variable in color from a light to a 
dark brown, easily worked, frequently pitted by disease, and lumber 
which shows this disease is commercially known as “‘pecky cypress’. 
Used principally for construction purposes. The tree has prac- 
tically disappeared from our area because the wood is easy to work 
and the swamps in which it grew have been drained and are now 
cultivated. 
Horticultural value. Strongly recommended by some nursery- 
men for ornamental planting. In some localities in the eastern 
states it is a fair success. The tree is adapted to a wet soil and 
no doubt in such situations would prove hardy and a moderately 
fast growing tree. 
5. THUJA. Arsor-vire. 
Thuja occidentalis Linneus. ARBor-viT®. Plate 13. Small 
evergreen trees or shrubs with bark on old trees reddish-brown or 
dark gray, shreddy; branchlets compressed, reddish-brown; leaves 
of two kinds, sharp-pointed and awl-shaped on the older branches, 
*Doubtless from a cultivated tree, because information solicited from the oldest residents of the 
county failed to verify this record. 
