4. TSUGA Carr. 1855. 
Tsuga ts apparently the Japanese name for Abies 
Tsuga Steb. & Zucc. Inu-tsuge ts given as the name 
for Ilex crenata and Tsuga-zakura for Phyllodoce 
taxtfolia, Kaempfer [| Amoen. 5: 781. | mentions two 
spectes of Tsuge: ‘+Ojo, vulgo Tsuge, Buxus arbor- 
escens, folto ovato” . . and ‘* Tsuge altera, Chamebu- 
xus minor,” &c. 
Trees with straight, excurrent trunks and, slender, hori- 
zontal branches. Leaves alternate, flat, apparently 2-- 
ranked, bluish-white beneath. Flowers naked, mone- 
cious: the staminate in globose clusters: the pistillate ter- 
minal. Ovules 2 inthe axils ofeach scale. Fruita pen- 
dulous, ovoid cone. Seed winged. 
* Cones 1.2-2 cm. long. 
I, T, canadensis (L.) Carr. 
Abies minor pectinatis foltts, Virginiana, conis 
parvtis, subrotundts, . .a D. Bantster e Vir- 
ginia transmissa est. . . Pluk. Alm. 2 1696. 
Led OAtG tes Waite BEE 
Abtes folits solitartis &c.. Gron. Fl. Virg. 191. 
Pinus canadensis L. Sp. Pl. 1421. 1763. 
Lsuga canadensis Carr. Conif. 189. 1855. Sarg. 
Silva 12: 63. t.603. Man. 48. 
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