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Taxodium distichum microphyllum (Brong.) Henk. and Hochst. 

 Taxodium distichum intermedium Carr. 

 Taxodium distichum nanum Carr. 

 Taxodium distichum nigrum Gord. 



SEQUOIA Endl. 



Sequoia washingtoniana l (Winsl.) Sudworth. Bigtree. 



Sequoia gigantea Decaisne. 



Raxge. — California (from latitude 39° to a little south of latitude 36°, that is, 

 from middle fork of American River and along the western slope of Sierra Nevada 

 Mountains to the head waters of Deer Creek). 



Fames in use. — Sequoia (CaL); Bigtree (Gal.); Giant Sequoia (Oal.)j 

 Mammoth-tree (Gal., and in Eng. cult.) 



VARIETIES DISTINGUISHED IN CULTIVATION. 



Sequoia 'washingtoniana pendula (Beissn.) Sudw. 



Sequoia -washingtoniana glauca (Gord.) Sndw. 



Sequcia washingtoniana aurea (Bei-sn.) Sudw. 



Sequoia ■washingtoniana argentea (Beissn.) Sudw. 



Sequoia -washingtoniana variegata (Gord.) Sudw. 



Sequoia -washingtoniana holmsi (Beissn.) Sudw. 



Sequoia -washingtoniana glaucescens p2 r ramido-compacta Sudw. 



Sequoia washingtoniana pygmaea (Beissn.) Sudw. 



Sequoia sempervirens (Lamb.) Endl. Redwood. 



Range. — From the southern borders of Oregon (on Chetco River, about 6 miles 

 from mouth, and on Winchuck River), and southward in the coast region (20 to 30 

 miles inland) through California (to Salmon Creek Canyon, 12 miles south of Punta 

 Gorda, Monterey County). 



Names in use. — Redwood (Oal. and Am. lit); Sequoia (Cal.); Coast 

 Redwood (Oal.); California Redwood (Eug. lit.). 



1 Bigtree (Sequoia wellingtonia vs. Sequoia washingtoniana). — It is held by some bot- 

 anists that since the long-used name for this tree, S. gigantea, is now excluded (for 

 reasons shown below), S. wellingtonia is the next tenable name, and the really older 

 name S. washingtoniana should be" neglected because thought not to be technically 

 established. The first name applied to this tree is Wellingtonia gigantea Liudley 

 (London Card. Chrou., 820, 823, 1853). The second name is Sequoia gigantea Decaisne 

 (Bull. Bot. Soc. France, I, 70, 1854). The third name is Tarodium Washingtonianum 

 Winslow (Calif. Farmer, September, 1854). The fourth name is Sequoia Wellingtonia 

 Seeman (Bonplandia, III, 27, 1855). 



The Bigtree is now conceded to rightly belong to the genus Sequoia of Endlicher 

 (Syn. Conif., 147, 1847), and the specific term gigantea being the first applied, the 

 apparently correct name would be Sequoia gigantea, the name applied by Decaisne 

 (1. c, 1854). But this name being identical with one previously applied by Endlicher 

 in 1847 to the California Redwood, must, by reason of being antedated, fall into 

 synonymy and the next oldest name be sought for the Bigtree. 



Passing over Winslow's Tarodium Washingtonianum (1. c, 1854) on the ground that 

 it is thought not to be properly published, some botanists would now apply Seeman's 

 Sequoia Wellingtonia (l.c.,1855). It is here maintained, however, that the rightful 

 name should be Sequoia washingtoniana (Winslow) Sudw., and for the following 

 reasons: 



It has been asserted that Taxodium Washingtonianum Winslow (1. e., 1854) is tech- 

 nically unpublished, and therefore to be disregarded. The writer believes this name 



