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MONOECJA MONADELPHIA. 
A small tree, sometimes however reaching the height of 40—50 feet, 
and about 2 feet in diameter, with spreading irregular branches, the small 
branches generally somewhat distichous. Leaves perennial, resembling 
small ovate scales, imbricate, in four rows, and closely appressed. Aments 
of sterile flowers oblong, somewhat conical. Cone oblong, terminating the 
small branches, composed of scales loosely imbricate, and opening down to 
the base. Seeds small, winged, and emarginate. 
The wood of this tree is said by Michaux to be one of the most durable 
which our forests produce; it is therefore eagerly sought after, and employed 
for the posts and rails of enclosures, and for every purpose to which its small 
and generally irregular trunk can be applied. 
In the Southern States it is confined like the firs to the high Mountains, 
and to the margin of the mountain streams, and, I believe, enters very little 
into the domestic economy of our farmers. 
Flowers in May. 
CUPRESSUS. Gen. Pe. 1458. 
Mas cult. Amentum 
imbricatum. Calyx 
squama. Corolla 0. 
Ant her x 4, sessiles ab- 
sque filamentis. 
Foeminei. Amentum 
strobilaceum. Calyx 
squama 1-flora. Corolla 
0. Stigmata 2, punc- 
ta, concava. Nux an- 
gulata. 
1. PlSTICHA. 
C. foliis distichis, 
planis, deciduis; flori- 
bus masculis aphyllo- 
paniculatis; strobilis 
sub-globosis. 
Sterile Jlorets. A- 
merit imbricate. Calyx 
a scale. Corolla 0. An- 
thers 4, sessile, without 
filaments. 
Fertile Jlorets. A- 
ment a cone. Calyx 
a scale 1-flowered. Co- 
rolla 0. Stigmas 2, 
dotted, concave. Nut 
angled. 
Leaves two-rowed, 
flat, deciduous; sterile 
florets paniculate, leaf- 
less; cones spherical. 
Sp. pi. 4. p. 512. Walt. p. 238. Mich. 2. p. 208. Pursh, 2. p. 645 
Nutt. 2. p. 231. 
Icon. Mich. arb. for. 3. p. 4 
