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Family 3. CUPRESSINEZ. 
1. Sequoia Endl. 
Cones ovate; scales oo, cuneiform, spreading 
at maturity, decussately arranged.— 2. Leaves 
alternate, decurrent, carinate. 
1. §S. sempervirnexs Endl. Leaves spread- 
ing, distichous. Branchlets spreading.—Marin 
County. Coast Range. Contra Costa Range. 
Spring. ‘ Redwood.” 
2. S. ciganrEa Decaisne. Leaves not dis- 
tichous. Branchlets pendulous.—In a gulch of 
the Santa Cruz mountains near Meyers’ vine- 
yard. Otherwise only in the high Sierras. 
*“ Big tree.” 
2. Cupressus Tourn. CYPRESS. 
Cone globose; scales 6-10, thick, peltate, 
valvate, oo-ovulate. Seeds angulate, narrowly 
winged.— bh. Leaves decussate, adnate, squa- 
-mate, imbricate, not distichous. 
1. C. macrocarpa Hartw. Cones of 5 or 
6 pairs of scales.— Monterey. In our local flora 
only escaped from cultivation. Spring. 
Monterey Cypress. 
2. C. Goventana Gordon. Cones of 3 or 
4 pairs of scales.—Nicasio. Spring. 
3. Juniperus L. JUNIPER. 
Fruit a galbulus. Scales succulent, uniting 
in fruit. Seeds osseous.—». Leaves oppo- 
site, not distichous. 
