MONOECIA MONADELPHIA. 
641 
bilis subcylindricis, lax- 
is, squamis obovatis, 
integerrimis. 
nearly cylindrical, 
loose, the scales obo- 
vate, entire. 
* * 
Sp. pi. 4. p. 507. Pursh, 2. £. 641. Nutt. 2. p. 223. 
Abies Alba. Mich. 2. 207- 
Icon. Abies Alba. Mich. arb. for. 1. p. 133. 
A small tree 40 to 50 feet high, from 12 to 15 inches in diameter. Leaves 
5 to 8 lines long, less crowded than those of the preceding species, pale or 
slightly glaucous. Cones slender, oblong, about 2 inches long, turned to- 
wards the earth. Scales broad, imhricate, the margin very entire. 
Grows with the preceding species. 
Flowers April — May. 
THUJA. Gen. Pe. 1457. 
Maseuli. Amentum 
imbricatum. Calyx 
squama. Corolla 0. 
Antheree 4. 
Foeminei. Amentum 
strobilaceum. Calyx 
squama, 2-flora. Co- 
rolla 0. Nux 1, cincta 
ala marginata. 
Sterile florets. Ament 
imbricate. Calyx a 
scale. Corolla 0. An- 
thers 4. 
Fertile florets. A- 
ment a cone. Calyx a 
scale, 2-flowered. Co- 
rolla 0. Nut 1, sur- 
rounded with a wing. 
1. Occident alis. Lin. 
T. ramulis ancipiti- 
bus; foliis quadrifariam 
imbricatis, ovato- 
rhombeis, adpressis, 
nudis, tuberculatis; 
strobilis obovatis, squa- 
mis interioribus trunca- 
tis, infra apicem gibbo- 
sis. 
Branches ancipitous; 
leaves imbricate in 4 
rows, ovate-rhomboi- 
dal, appressed, naked, 
tuberculate; cones obo- 
vate, interior scales 
truncate, gibbous be- 
low the summit. 
Sp. pi. 4. p. 508. Walt. p. 238. Mich. 2. p. 209. Pursh, 2. p. 646. 
Nutt. 2. p. 224. 
Icon. Mich. aih. for. 3. p. 29. 
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