ooNiFEum 343 



aery small and scale-like closely appresstd-imbricated' leaves, and 

 very durable wood. ' 



C. thyoides, L. White Cedar. 



Leaves minute, ovate, with a small gland on tho back, closely imbricated in 4 

 rows on the 2-edged branchlcts; cones spherical. 



Swamps, raro. M \y. A tree 30 to 70 foot high, with wbite, fine-grained and very 

 tight, soft and durable wood. Cjtw scarcely larger than a pea, fow-sceded. 



0; TAX ODIUM; Richard. Bald Cypress. 



Gr. Tuxas, the- Yew, and oides, resemblance. 



Flowers monoecious on the same branches. Sterile 

 aments spike-pan icled, of few stamens. Fertile aments 

 ovoid, in small clusters, scaly, with 2 ovules at the base of 

 each scale. Cone .globular, closed, composed of very, thick 

 and angular somewhat shield : shaped'scales, bearing 2 angled 

 seeds at their base. Cotyledons 6 to 9. — Trees withlincokr 

 Cranked and deciduous leaves. 



T. DISTICHUM, Richard.- American Cypress, 



Leaves linear, strictly 2 -ranked and spreading; soni2time3 awl-shaped and im- 

 bricated on the flowering branches; sterile aments paniculate, pendulous, leafless; 

 cone oblong-globose. 



Swamps, along the Delaware, rare. A large tree sometimes attaining the height 

 of 100 feet or more, with a wide spread and often depressed head. Foliage light 

 green and open. Cjuzs 1 inch in diainater. Tho timber is light fine-grained and 

 durable. 



7. JUNIPERUS, Linn. Juniper. 



The classical name. 



Flowers dioecious, or sometimes monoecious, in very- 

 small lateral .aments : anthers 4 to 8, 1-celled. Fertile 

 aments ovoid, of 3 to 6 flesby, 1 to 3-ovuled scales ; in fruit 

 forming a sort of drupe or: berry, sealy-bracted underneath. 

 Seeds 1 to 3, long. Cotyledons 2. — Evergreen trees or 

 shrubs, with -awhshaped or scale like rigid leaves. 



1. J. communis, L. Common Juniper. 



Leivis in threes, linear-awl-shaped, pri ckly -pointed, spreading, longer than the 

 ovoid berry. 



Dry woods and sterile hills. May. A 'shrub, with numerous prostrate spreading ; 

 braueh-s, spreading nearly flat on the ground, rarely ascending.. Leaves in whorla - 

 of 3, 14 inch long, bright green except the glaucous-white coucavo upper surface. 

 Berries dark-purple, as large as a pea. 



2. J, Virgin iana, L. Red Cedar. 



Leaves 4-ranked, much crowded, on young plants and rapidly-growing shoots awl- 

 Bhaped and somewhat spreading in pairs or threes, on older lateral twigs very 

 email and scale-like, closely imbricated, triangular-ovate. 



Dry rocky hills, common, generally in limestone regions. April. A small tree 

 with numerous horizontal branches. Barries small, bluish, covered with a white 



