G. 104) CLASSIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION 195' 
scales having recurving, horn-like tips. 
Of this species there are as many vari- 
eties sold as of number one, and nearly 
the same varietal names are used; but 
it is not so good a species for general 
cultivation in this country. 
Var. flagelliformis, Jacq. (Weeping 
Arbor-vite), has very slender, elon- 
gated, weeping branches, curving 
gracefully to the ground. It is a beau- 
tiful variety, often cultivated (a single 
stem is shown in the figure). 
T. orientalis. 
Gexus 104, CHAMZECYPARIS. (Tue Cypresszs.) 
Strong-scented, evergreen trees with very small, scale. 
like or somewhat awl-shaped, closely appressed (except 
in some cultivated varieties), overlapping leaves and 2- 
ranked branchlets, almost as in Thuya. Cones globular, 
with peltate, valvate scales, firmly closed till ripe; the 
scales thick and pointed at the center. 
* Native trees; leaves light glaucous-green.................... 1, 
* Cultivated tree from Western America; leaves dark green. (A.) 
A. No tubercle on the backs of the leaves debereisd Aatadoce, Ga vides 3 2. 
A. Usually a tubercle on the back ................ 0.0 c eee ee 3. 
* Cultivated small trees and shrubs from Japan (called Retinos- 
POrd);, seideviwwarre geste ces Ved eeterawendss dae cee Eee 4. 
1. Chamecy paris spheeroidea, Spach. (WHITE CEDAR.) Leaves 
very small, triangular, awl-shaped, regularly 
and closely appressed in 4 rows, of a light 
glaucous-green color, often with w small 
gland on the back. Cones very small, 14 in. 
in diameter, of about 6 scales, clustered. 
Tree 30 to 90 ft. high, wild in low grounds 
throughout; abundant in Middle States. 
With reddish-white wood and slender, spread- 
ing and drooping sprays; bark fibrous, shred- 
C. spheroidea. dy; sometimes cultivated. 
2. Chamecyparis Nutkensis, Lambert. (Noorxa Sounp Cy- 
PRESS.) Leaves only lg in. long, sharp-pointed, and closely ap- 
