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No Corolla. 
Thd Germen is very final 1. The Style awl-fhaped. The Stigma 
fitnple. 
The Seed-veffel a Cone, oblong-ovate, obtufe, and gaping lon- 
gitudinally: the Scales Site oblong, nearly equal, convex out- 
wardly and obtufe. 
The Seeds are oblong, begirt longitudinally with a membrana- 
ceous, end-bitten wing. 
‘ The Species, with us , hut one , viz. 
s < ; / ' ■ 
Thuya occidentalis. American Arbor Vitae. 
This grows naturally in Canada, and other north- 
ern parts of America ; rifing to the height of thirty 
or forty feet, with a pretty ftrong item, fending off 
many branches, which are produced irregularly and 
ftand almoft horizontally. The bark of young trees 
is of a dark brown and fmooth, but afterward be- 
comes cracked and lefs fmooth. The young branch- 
es are flat, ail d covered with very fmall leaves, lying 
over each other like feales of fifh. The cones are 
fmall and loofe, containing but few oblong, winged 
feeds. 
Thuya variegata. Striped leaved Arbor Vitae . 
This is a variety of the firff, differing in having 
ffriped or variegated leaves. 
Thuya odorata. American Sweet-fcented Arbor Vitae. 
This is alfo a variety of the fame, agreeing with 
it in growth and appearance; but differing in its 
leaves or fmall branches, being of an agreeable, or 
Tweet feent, when bruifed. 
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