66 CUPllESSUS; OR 



Gen. CUPRESSUS. Tournefort. The True Cypresses. 



Flowers, monoecious, or male and female on the same plant, 

 but separate ; male catkins cylindrical and numerous, female 

 ones roundish, and either in clusters or solitary. 



Cones, somewhat globular, and composed of angular, irregu- 

 larly-shaped, woody scales, externally shield-shaped. 



Scales, from six to ten in number, irregularly four or five- 

 sided, raised in the centre, and terminating in a more or less 

 curved point. 



Seeds, numerous, inserted on the upper, interior surface of 

 the scales, angularly compressed or ovate, with a bony cover- 

 ing, extending into a membranaceous wing at the margins. 



Seed-leaves in twos or threes, rarely in fours, but mostly in 

 twos. 



Leaves, scale-formed, regularly and closely imbricated in four 

 rows. 



Name derived from * Cyparissus,' a beautiful youth of the 

 Island of Ceos, who, according to tradition, was changed into a 

 cypress ; or from the Isle of Cyprus, where one of the first 

 species was found in abundance. 



All large bushes or trees, found in the south of Europe, 

 China, California, Mexico, Guatemala, North America, and the 

 East Indies. 



No. 1. CupRESSUs AROMATicA, Van Houtte, the strong-scented 



Cypress. 

 Syn. Cupressus Kewensis, Hort. 

 „ „ Californica, Carriere. 



„ Juniperus aromatica, Hort. 



Leaves, on the young plants, glaucous green, but much 

 darker when old, and glossy, loosely imbricated, regularly in 

 four rows, in opposite pairs, and very sharp-pointed ; those on 

 the adult plants scale-formed, regularly imbricated, and glaucous 

 when young, but dark green when old, slightly spreading at 



