1, T. distichum (L.) Richard. 
Cupressus americana Park, Theatr. 1476. f. 2. 
1640. 
Capon virginiana Tradescanti Ray, Hist. 
Pl. 2: 1408. 1688. 
Cupressus virginiana, foltts acacte cornigera 
partbus & dectduis. Pluk. Alm. 125; Phyt. 
ta toler ity Ge 
Cupressus foltts distichts patentibus. . Gron. 
esc eye 
CU AiSteChO aD ai MOOR RIC IS On 
Taxodium distichum ich. An. Mus. Par. 16: 
298. 1810. Sarg. Silva 10: 151.t. 587. Man. 41. 
BALD CYPRESS. 
Tree sometimes 45 m. high, with a very broad base 
and distinguished by its conic knees, arising from the 
roots: leaves 1.2—2 cm. in length, acute, yellowish green. 
Upland forms (as to form) resemble much a Lombardy 
Poplar. 
Frequent inswampsin Eastern Mary- 
land and Virginia. 
. ‘*The Cupressus disticha stands in the first order of 
North American trees. Its majestic stature is surprising ; 
and on approaching it, we are struck with a kind of awe, 
at beholding the stateliness of the trunk, lifting its cum- 
brous top toward the skies; and casting a wide shade 
upon the ground, as a dark intervening cloud, which, for 
a time excludes the rays of the sun. The delicacy of its 
color, and texture of its leaves, exceed everything in ve- 
getation. It generally grows in water, in low flat lands, 
near the banks of great rivers and lakes that are covered, 
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