812 DR. MAXWELL T. MASTERS—A GENERAL 
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A General View of the Genus Cupressus. By Dr. MAXWELL 
T. Masters, F.R.S., F.L.S., Corresponding Member of the 
Institute of France. 
[Read 7th March, 1895.] 
In previous communications to the Society I have endeavoured 
to give a summary account of the general morphology of the 
order Conifer, so far as that is likely to be serviceable for 
purposes of classification. I have also given incidental notes 
concerning the structure and minute anatomy of several of the 
species *. 
In this way the history and general eharacteristies of the 
genus Cupressus amongst others are briefly outlined in a paper 
read before the Society in December 1892+. In the present 
contribution I propose to pass in review the species of this 
genus. Those that are well known and clearly defined in recent 
monographs are passed over with the mere mention. Fuller 
details are given concerning those whose history, diagnosis, and 
synonymy are obscure and involved. 
Reference is made to the literature of each species under its 
proper heading, work in this direction having been much facili- 
tated by the publication of the * Index Kewensis.' 
The examination of the species has been made in the herbaria at 
Kew, in the Natural History Museum, and in the Museum at 
Paris. Iam also indebted to the kindness of M. Poisson of Paris, 
Prof. Suringar of Leyden, and Dr. Urban of Berlin, for informa- 
tion on various specimens in the collections under their charge. 
Living specimens have been studied at Kew and elsewhere, and 
a large number have been furnished me from British, and especi- 
ally from South European gardens. The Conifer Conference 
held under the auspices of the Royal Horticultural Society at 
Chiswick, in 1891, yielded numerous illustrations, and for others 
I am indebted to Mr. Moore of Glasnevin, Prof. Balfour of 
Edinburgh, Mr. Acton, the Marchese Hanbury of La Mortola, 
M. Maurice de Vilmorin of Paris, Prof. Henriques of Coimbra, 
and specially to M. Naudin of Antibes. 
Characters.—The genus Cupressus is a well-marked one, easily 
recognizable among its allies by the scales of the cone, which form 
* Journal of the Linnean Society, vol. xxvi. (1889). 
t Ibid. vol. xxx. (1893). 
