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9. Cupressus THURIFERA, Humb. Bonpl. et Kunth, Nov. Spec. 
et Gen. ii. p. 3, ex Parlatore in D.C. Prod. xvi. 11. 473. 
“Arbor, ramis patentibus, inferioribus apice reflexis, ramulis 
subdistichis brevibus teretiusculis ; foliis ramorum ternis sub- 
imbricatis, ramulorum decussatim oppositis quadrifariam imbri- 
catis, omnibus oblongo-lanceolatis inferne adnatis superne patulis 
acuminatis mucronato-pungentibus dorso convexis et in sicco 
glandula depressa lineari-oblongá prope medium notatis ; amentis 
masculis numerosis in ramulo recto longiusculo erectis oblongis 
obtusis; bracteis late ovato-rotundatis obtusiusculis dorso con- 
vexis; strobilis in ramulo brevi erectis vel subcernuis globosis 
(fuscis glaucescentibus) ; squamis 6, [peltatis] decussatim oppo- 
sitis crassiusculis lignosis, prope medium apice bractes libero 
brevi obtusiusculo patenti-reflexo notatis leviusculis, nuculis in 
quavis squama 2-83 fere obovatis convexo-triquetris apteris.” 
In silvis Mexici prope Taseo et Tehuitotepec, alt. 5500 ped. 
Humb. et Bonpl. 39561; Masatlan, Humboldt!; in Mexico, 
? Michoacoa, Uhde n. 547; Oaxaca, Uhde n. 550!; Pin Sierra 
Madre, Seemann ! 
Juniperus thurifera, Humboldt!, in herb. Willd. n. 3956, et in 
herb. Paris! Chamecyparis thurifera, Endl.! Conif. p. 62; 
Carr. Conif. p. 135; Gord. Conif. p. 50; “Cedro Mexic. 
Strobili 10-13 mill. longi et fere ejusdem mensure lati. 
* Species squamarum et nucularum  pericarpio osseo alis 
destituto preditarum strueturá a Chamecypari aliena et inter 
Cupressos adnumeranda (v. s.) "—Parlatore, L. c. p. 474. 
Cupressus Uhdeana, Gordon, ad hane speciem ab ipso auctore 
relata est vide Gordon, Pinetum, ed. rr. (1875) p. 100; cfr. etiam 
ad Cupressum Benthami. 
Adsunt etiam in Museo Kewensi strobili a Botteri ad Oriza- 
bam lecti huie speciei forsan tribuendi (fig. 27, p. 351). Strobili 
subglobosi maguitudiue fructüs Pruni spinose. Squame 6 sub- 
lignose haud peltate parum angulate dorso planiuscule seu sulco 
longitudinali notate. Bractew nisi ad apicem extremum cum 
squamis conerescentes. Semina sub quávis squama 2, subtrigono- 
ovoidea, fere aptera seu alà angustissimá predita. De hac specie 
etiam conferendum cum adnotatione cl. Lindleii ‘ Gardeners’ 
Chronicle,’ 1856, p. 7 72, sub nom. Chamecyparidis thurifere. 
I owe to the kindness of M. Poisson and the Director of the 
Herbarium at the Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, the 
privilege of inspecting in the herbarium the specimens collected 
