l66 CYPRESSES AND JUNIPERS 



of its fellow Eu-Cupressi, the C. Macrocarpa, and C 

 Sempervirens Goveniana ; or even, to go farther, to 

 some of the Junipers in an adult state of foliage, 

 The fact that the C. Torulosa, through a magnifying- 

 glass, shows the presence of glands, while others 

 among his similarities do not, offers some, if not very 

 palpable, help to the student. That, presumably, is 

 why the C. Torulosa is put in one group and the 

 C. Macrocarpa and Sempervirens in another group 

 of the Eu-Cupressi. There is more comfort to be 

 derived from a comparison of the size and date of 

 ripening of the cones of this trio. Those of the 

 Torulosa do not ripen until the second year. They 

 are uniformly about the size of the smallest of the 

 cones to be found among the variably-sized cones 

 of the C. Sempervirens, which ripen in the winter of the 

 first year. The cones of the Macrocarpa ripen at 

 the same time as the Torulosa, the second year, but 

 they are consistently nearly twice their size. A 

 surer hope of recognition will be forthcoming in a 

 comparison of their branchlet systems. If a spray 

 of the Torulosa is laid upon the table, it will be found 

 that the branchlet system is more or less arranged 

 in one plane, and that consequently it will lie pretty 

 nearly flat upon the surface of the table ; while in the 

 case of the other two, the spray is supported by 

 branchlets which grow indiscriminately all round 

 the stems at different angles. Sometimes the Torulosa 

 deviates a little from the strict path of rectitude in 

 these directions, but is quite sufficiently orthodox 

 to show a distinction from the other two. 



Where the shape of the Macrocarpa and Semper- 

 virens may be often described as columnar, the shape 

 of the Torulosa in its sub-fastigiate form — and it is 

 in this form that it generally makes its appearance 

 with us — is what is called flame shape and running 

 into a peak-shaped top. Though this characteristic 



