CHAP. CXIII. 



CONI FER.E CUPRE SSUS. 



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¥ 1. T. di'stichum Rich. The tworanked-feawrf Taxodium, or Deciduous 



Cypress. 



Identification. Rich, in Ann. Mus., xvi. p. 298.; Me*m. sur les Conif., p. 53. 143. ; Lamb. Pin. 

 ed.2.,2. t. 63. 



Synonymcs. Cupressus disticha Lin. Sp. PL, 1422., Hort. Cliff., P- 499., Gron. Virg., p. 153., 

 Michx. Fl. Ror. Amer., 2. p. 208., Arb., 3. p. 4., N. Amer. Syl., 3. p. 197., Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 

 2. p. 645., Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836 ; C. americana Cat. Carol., 1. p. 11. ; C. virginiana Comm. Hort., 

 1. p. 113., Pluk. Aim., p. 125.; Schubertm disticha Mirb., Laws. Man., p. 392.; bald Cypress, 

 Cypress, Amer. ; Cypres de l'Am^rique, Cypres chauve. Fr. ; zweyzeilige Cypresse Ger. 



Engravings. Rich. Conif., t. 10. ; Michx. Arb., 3. t. 1., North Amer. Syl., 3. ; Catesb. Car., t. 11. ; 

 Comm. Hort, 1. t. 59. ; Pluk. Aim., t. 85. f. 6. ; Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., t. 63. ; our fig. c z335. ; and the 

 plates of this tree in our last Volume. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves 2-rowed, flat, deciduous. Male flowers leafless and 

 panicled. Cones somewhat globose. ( Willd.) A lofty deciduous tree ; 

 a native of North America. Introduced before 1640. 



Varieties, 



%T.d.\ patens Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., v. p. 323. — Leaves approximate, 

 and strictly 2-rowed. This is the most common form. 



¥ T. d. 2 nutans, 1. c. ; T. d. pendula Loud. Hort. Brit. ; the long-leaved 

 deciduous Cypress ; has the leaves much longer and drooping, but 

 more remote and thinner. There is a tree of this variety in Lod- 

 diges's arboretum, of which Jigs. 2336. and 2337. are portraits ; Jig. 

 2336. being taken when the fronds or deciduous shoots are first 

 7x 2 



