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XXVIII.—On the Shedding of Branches and Leaves in Coniferœ

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 January 2013

James Stark
James Stark
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Huntfield
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In referring to the tendency to bilateral ramification on the branches and even on the main stem in Cupressineæ, such as Cupressus, Thuja, and Libocedrus, Professor Sachs, in his Text-book (Bennett's translation pp. 444–5), thus expresses himself: “Branch systems of three or four orders of shoots are developed in one plane in such a manner that a system of this kind assumes a definite contour, and somewhat the appearance of a pinnate leaf. In Taxodium the foliage-leaves are formed in two rows on slender branches a few inches in length; in T. distichum these fall off in autumn, together with their leaves, thus presenting a still greater resemblance to pinnate leaves.”

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Research Article
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Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 27 , Issue 4 , 1876 , pp. 651 - 661
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1876

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page 653 note * The position of the genus Sequoia is not very well determined. Sometimes it is placed among Abietineæ, sometimes among Cupressineæ. With Abietineæ it agrees in the pendulous or inverted position of the “ seeds.” Parlatore, in Decandolle's “ Prodromus,” associates it with Taxodium, Cryptomeria, &c., in his sub-tribe Taxodieæ.

page 657 note * The Continental botanists transpose these generic names.