192 TREES OF THE NORTHERN UNITED STATES 
Genus 101. TAXODIUM. 
Leaves deciduous, spreading, in 2 ranks. Flowers mo- 
neecious on the same branch, the staminate ones in 
spikes, and the pistillate ones in pairs below. Cones 
globular; the scales peltate, angular, thick, firmly closed 
till ripe, with 2 angular seeds under each. 
Taxddium distichum, Richard. 
(SOUTHERN OR BALD CypREss.) Leaves 
deciduous, flat, linear, 14 to 34 in. long, in 
2 rows on the slender branchlets, forming 
feather-like spray of a light green color. 
This whole spray usually falls off in the 
autumn as though a single leaf. Cones 
round, closed, hard, 1 in. in diameter. A 
fine, tall (100 to 125 ft. high), slender, 
spire-shaped tree with a large, spread- 
ing, rigid trunk, 6 to 9 ft. thick, and 
T. distichum. peculiar conical excrescences (cailed 
knees) growing up from the roots. 
Wild from Maryland south, and 
cultivated and hardy in the Middle 
and many of the Northern States. 
Var. pendulum, with horizontal 
branches and drooping branchlets, 
has the leaves but slightly spread- 
ing from the stems, especially 
when young. Very beautiful; hardy 
as far north as Massachusetts. 
Genus 102. SEQUOIA. 
Flowers monecious, terminal, 
solitary, catkins nearly globular. 
Seeds winged, 3 to 5 under each 
seale. 
1. Sequéia gigantea, Torr. (BIG oR 
GREAT TREE OF CALIFORNIA.) Leaves 
on the young shoots spreading, needle- 
shaped, shafp-pointed, scattered spi- 
rally around the branchlets; finally 
