CONIFER, oo 183 
Order OXXXVI CONIFER A, 
Conifere, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. | iii. p. 420. 
Trees and shrubs. Thirty-two genera, comprising about 300 species, for the greater. 
part inhabiting temperate and mountainous regions, both in the north and in the 
south, often forming large forests; rarer in the tropics and in the frigid regions. - 
Tribe I. CUPRESSINE. 
Cupressinee, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iu. p. 421. 
Seven genera, with about seventy-five species, scattered over nearly the whole area of 
the order, except the tropics. 
a, . 1. CUPRESSUS. 
Cupressus, ‘Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 1079 ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. lil. p. 427. 
This genus numbers about twelve arboreots and shrubby species, inhabiting South-. 
eastern Europe, Temperate Asia, and North America, Mexico included. 
1. Cupressus benthami, Endl. Synop. Conif. p. 59; DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, p. 472. 
Cupressus thurifera, Benth. Pl. Hartw. p. 57. n. 434, et Schl. in Linnea, xii. p. 493, non H. B. K. 
Cupressus excelsa, Schott, ex Carr. Conif. p. 128; Gord. Pinet. p. 58. 
Cupressus ehrenbergii, Kze. in Linnea, xx. p. 16? | 
Norra Mexico, Sierra Madre (Seemann, 2001), San Luis Potosi (Virlet d’Aoust) ; 
SourH Mexico, region of Orizaba (Bourgeau, 3258), Chinantla, Puebla at 7500 feet 
(Liebmann), Banco (Hartweg, 434) ; Guaremana (Skinner). Hb. Kew. 
2. Cupressus lindleyi, Kl. in Endl. Synop. Conif. p. 59; DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 
p. 471. 
Cupressus thurifera, Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1839, ex Benth, Pl. Hartw. p. 57. n. 437. 
Cupressus knightiana, Perry, ex Gord. Pinet. p. 61. 
Cupressus coulteri, Forbes, Pinet. Woburn. p. 190? 
Cupressus karwinskiana, Regel, Gartenfl. 1857, p. 346. 
Nora Mexico, Sierra Madre (Seemann, 2000); Sourn Mexico, between Tlalpujahua ; 
and Anganguio (Hartweg, 437), without locality (Bates ; Bilimek), Tacubaya (Bourgeau), 
Toluca (Heller). Hb. Kew. | 
3. Cupressus thurifera, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. ii, p. 3; DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 
p- 478. 
Cupressus uhdeana, Gord. Pinet. p. 71 ? 
Chamecyparis thurifera, Endl. Synop. Conif. p. 62. 
Soutn Mexico, Tasco and Tehuilotepec at 5500 feet (Humboldt & Bonpland), moun- 
tains of Orizaba and Real del Monte at 6000 to 7000 feet (Uhde). Hb. Kew. 
