Cupressus CUPRESSACEAE Juniperus 



3. Cupressus Linn. Cypress ft/fCH (Pai Mu Shu) 



Aromatic trees: brts. flattened or terete: lvs. opposite, scale-like: cones globose, 

 with peltate scales, maturing the second year: several narrowly-winged seeds to 

 each scale. About 15 species, in warm and temperate regions of the northern 

 hemisphere; 3 in China. (The Latin name.) 



Key to the Species 



Brts. flattened : cones 8-14 mm. across 1. C. funebris 



Brts. terete or slightly 4-angled: cones 20-30 mm. across 2. C. sempervirens 



1. Cupressus funebris Endl. Chinese Weeping Cypress ffi"^ (Pai Mu; Cedar Tree) 

 (B.M.121). Tree, to 20m.; fls. I; fr, X; brts. drooping. China; locally in Che., 

 Ku. Planted, ornamental. 



2. Cupressus sempervirens Linn. Italian Cypress MJK^U&Jf- (I Ta Li Pai Mu) 

 (R.M.56). Tree, to 25 m.; fls. Ill; fr. X. Introduced from southern Europe and 

 western Asia; locally in Ku. Planted, ornamental. 



4. Juniperus Linn. Juniper [HlftK (Yuan Pai Shu) 



Lvs. awl-shaped or scale-like, acicular on young plants, in some species always 

 so: usually dioecious: cones berry-like, formed by the fused fleshy cone scales. About 

 40 species, throughout the northern hemisphere; 23 in China. (The Latin name.) 



Key to the Species 

 a. Lvs. all acicular. 

 Trees. 



Brs. pendulous: lvs. abruptly pointed, the white bands separated 



by a green midrib beneath 1. J. formosana 



Brs. ascending: lvs. tapering to a slender point, strongly keeled, 



with one narrow white band below 2. J. rigida 



Prostrate shrubs: brs. turning upward at the ends: lvs. slenderly 

 pointed, with white bands confluent or only separated near the 



base by a green midrib 3. J. procumbens 



aa. Lvs. of two kinds; the juvenile awl-shaped, the adult scale-like. 



A tree: acicular lvs. often ternate: fr. brownish, erect A. J. eliine7isis 



A shrub, often spreading: acicular lvs. opposite: fr. bluish, pen- 

 dulous 5. J. sabina 



1. Juniperus formosana Hayata Formosan Juniper $lj^& (Tz'u Sung; Thorny Pine) 

 (R.M.61). Tree, to 12m.; fls. IV; fr. X. Formosa, China; locally in An., Che., 

 Ki., Ku. Planted, ornamental. 



2. Juniperus rigida Sieb. & Zucc. Needle Juniper (R.M.62). Tree, to 10 m.; fr. 

 VII. Japan, Korea, North China; locally in An., Ku. Planted, ornamental. 



3. Juniperus procumbens (Endl.) Sieb. & Zucc. fgft (Yen Pai; Creeping Cedar) 

 (R.M.63). Spreading shrub; fr. IX-X. Introduced from Japan; locally in Ku. 

 Planted, ornamental. 



4. Juniperus chinensis Linn. Chinese Juniper [flft (Yiian Pai: Round Cedar) 

 (R.M.65). Tree, to 20m.; fls. II; fr. X. China, Japan; locally in An., Che., Ki, 

 Ku. Woodland, often planted. 



4a. Juniperus chinensis var. kaizuca Hort. f||fi (Lung Pai; Dragon Cedar) (Chen 

 66). Tree of cylindrical form; fr. blue, glaucous; crown erect, cylindrical. In- 

 troduced from Japan; locally in Ku. Planted, ornamental. 



5. Juniperus sabina Linn. Savin ilffKUffi (Hsin Chiang Yiian Pai; Sinkiang Juniper) 



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