158 ARBORETUM NOTES. 
CONIFERAX 
CUPRESSINE, 
CUPRESSUS EP UNEBRIS- 
Endlicher Syn. Contf. p. 58. 
C. pendula, Lambert, Pin. ed. 2 t. 66. 
Loudon, v. 4, 2479. 
Cupressus Introduced, I believe, by Fortune, very pretty, 
cee but certainly not hardy in this part of England. 
Several which had been planted out at Barton, 
though carefully protected by huts of branches 
and fern, were entirely killed by the cold of this 
last winter. We have still some in a cool green- 
house. They do not grow nearly as fast as 
Cupressus lusitanica, nor have they yet borne cones. 
This species 1s remarkable for the length of time 
that the early leaves (those of the seedling state) 
remain on the plant, and for the singular way in 
which they are mixed, even on the same branch, 
with the very different foliage of the mature plant, 
giving it a curiously polymorphous appearance. 
Lambert’s Cupressus pendula is certainly the 
same as this. His figure agrees perfectly with 
specimens from Sikkim, given me under the name 
of funebris, by Dr. J. Hooker. Endlicher appears 
to have changed the name, because the original 
Cupressus pendula of Thunberg was identical with 
Thuia pendula. His name of funebris has since 
been generally adopted, and is very appropriate, 
as the tree is said to be generally planted by 
