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The Calyx , a common cone, which is compounded of from 
eight to ten florets, confining of Scales , which are uniflorous, 
oppofite, ovate, convex beneath and gaping. 
The Corolla none. 
The Germen is fcarce obfervable. In the place, perhaps, of 
Styles, there are numerous dots within each calycine fcale, 
which are truncated, and concave at the apex. 
The Seed-veJJel, none but the globofe cone, which is fhut, but 
gaping with orbiculate, angled, and targetted fcales. 
The Seed is a nut, which is angled, lharp-pointed, and final!. 
The Species with us, are , 
1, Cupressus difticha. Virginian deciduous 
Cyprefs-Tree . 
This grows naturally in fwampy, low ground ; and 
becomes a lofty tree, of feventy or eighty feet in 
height, and three or four feet in diameter; dividing, 
towards the top, into many branches, clothed with 
fmall linear leaves, coming out upon all iides, yet 
inclining to but two fides of the fmall branches; and 
falling off in the autumn. The canes, of this kind, 
are roundilh and near an inch in diameter. The 
timber is valuable for many ufes, affording great 
quantities of boards, fhingles, &c. 
2. Cupressus Tliyoides. Maryland Blue-ber- 
ried Cyprejs . 
This, by fome means, has obtained the name of a 
dwarf, yet it becomes a large tree, nearly equal in 
height and diameter to the former. The branches 
are covered with fmall ever-green leaves, much re- 
fembling thofe of the Arbor Vitae. The cones are 
about the fize of Juniper-berries, a little angular 
and having many cells. The timber of this is fofter 
than the other kind and applied to more general ufe, 
being 
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