LIST OF CONIFERS AND TAXADS, 



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SEQUOIA, Endlicher ; Benth. and Hook. iii. 429 ; Parlatorein DC. 

 Frod. xvi. 2, p. 435; Eichler, 85, fig.; Asa Gray, "Sequoia and its 

 History," Scientific Papers, vol. ii. p. 142. Wellingtonia, Wash- 

 INGTONIA. (Tribe Taxodie^.) 



Evergreen trees with small leaves scattered, or apparently in two 

 ranks. Flowers monoecious ; male flowers in terminal stalked oblong 

 or globose heads ; anther-lobes 2-5 ; pollen globose. Cone scales and 

 bracts united into a woody wedge-shaped or peltate mass. Seeds 

 4-9, winged, without resin canals. 



1. S. gigantea, Torrey ; Parlatore, 437 ; Beissner, 1. c, 160 ; De- 

 caisne, Bull. Bot. Soc. France, i. 70 ; Bevue Hortic. 1855, p. 9, t. 10 ; 

 Hoopes, Evergreens, 239, f. 29 ; Garden, Dec. 9 and Dec. 16, 1871 ; 

 Garden and Forest, Dec. 25, 1889, Nov. 26, 1890, p. 570 ; Lemmon, 

 Third Beport, 1890, t. 19. 



SvJVONVMS : — WeUingtonia gigantea, Lindley in Gard. Chron. 1853, 

 p. 823 ; W. Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4777, 4778 ; Yeitch, 204 ; Lemmon, 

 Third Beport, 'No. 19. Sequoia WeUingtonia, Seemann, Binetum 

 Britannicum, iii. 299, t. 37, and t. 51-53, f. 1-37. The WeUingtonia, 

 or Mammoth Tree, " arbor vegetabilium omnium gigas et Florte decus." 



Tree 250-400 feet in height. Introduced in 1853 by William 

 Lobb from the western side of the Sierra Nevada. 



Eight varieties are cited by Beissner, the pendulous form being 

 the most remarkable. 



2. S. sempervirens, Endlicher ; Parlatore, 436 ; Yeitch, 212 ; 

 Decaisne in Bevue Horticole (1855), with figs. ; Hoopes, Evergreens, 

 244 ; Beissner, 157, fig. ; Binet. Britannicum, iii. with fig. ; Murray 

 in Gard. Chron. 1866, p. 971, 1. c. ; Lemmon, Tliird Beport, 1890, 

 t. 18 ; Gard. Chron. Sept. 13, 1890, p. 307, figs. 60-63. The Bed 

 Wood of California. 



Synonym : — Taxodinm sempervirens, Lambert, ed. 2, t. 52 ; Loudon 

 Arboretum, f. 2340. 



Yauieties :— appressa. albo-spica. 



Introduced by Hartweg in 1846 ; but known many years before. 

 S. taxifolia, Koch = S. sempervirens. 



Spruce. See Pieea. 



Spruce, Douglas. See Pseudotsuga. 



Spruce, Hemlock. See Tsuga. 



TAXODIUM, L. C. Richard ; Benth. et Hook. iii. 429 ; Parlatore, 

 p. 439 ; Eichler, 90. (Tribe Taxodie^.) 



Trees with deciduous foliage. Male flowers in branched catkins. 

 Anther lobes 5-8. Cone scales thick, peltate ; seeds erect, angular, 

 with projecting points, but without wings. Cotyledons 6-9, 3-angular, 

 See Glyptostrobus and Sequoia. 



