. The book of evergreens. A practical treatise on the Coniferæ, or cone-bearing plants. Conifers. TIIK CYPRESS RITR-FAMILY. 309 entirely dostituto of tlic peculiar glaucous appearance w)iich is the most attractive feature of the species. 2. L. docurrons, Torrey.—Syn. Tliuja C'raigiana, Jef- frey • T. giganlea, Gordon ; T. Lobbii, llort.—Leaves very small, adpressed, awl-sbajied or scale-formed, sharply acute, decurrent, not acerose, bright glossy-green color. Branches, spreading, incurved at the extremities, with nu- merous, compressed branchlets. Cones, ovate-oblong, pendulous (Bigelow); scal
. The book of evergreens. A practical treatise on the Coniferæ, or cone-bearing plants. Conifers. TIIK CYPRESS RITR-FAMILY. 309 entirely dostituto of tlic peculiar glaucous appearance w)iich is the most attractive feature of the species. 2. L. docurrons, Torrey.—Syn. Tliuja C'raigiana, Jef- frey • T. giganlea, Gordon ; T. Lobbii, llort.—Leaves very small, adpressed, awl-sbajied or scale-formed, sharply acute, decurrent, not acerose, bright glossy-green color. Branches, spreading, incurved at the extremities, with nu- merous, compressed branchlets. Cones, ovate-oblong, pendulous (Bigelow); scales enlarged below the apex', with recurved, tubercle-like spines, the upper ones much the largest. Seeds, two-winged, unequal in size. This is not a synonym of Thvja gigicntea^ as Gordon and other Euro- pean authors claim; but a very distinct tree be- longing to a separate genus. Douglas was greatly in error when he made the assertion that it was found near Nootka Sound. Seeds of Thuja Craigiana^ collected by Jeffrey, and grown near Philadelphia, have pro- duced young plants iden- tical with the L. decur- rens. Dr. Torrey, in the Smithsonian Contribu- tions, states that it in- habits the upper waters of the Sacramento, par- ticularly from lat. 38° 40', to about 41° X. lat., where it was also found (without fruit) by the botanists of the U. S. Exploring Expedition, and by Dr. G. H. Hulse. A noble tree, some-. Fig. 40.—LIBOCEDRUS Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hoopes, Josiah, 1832-1904. New York : Orange Judd & company
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