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the ends, and sharp-pointed, with a sunken gland on the back. 

 Branches, scattered distantly apart on the stem, and spread out 

 horizontal, with the lateral ones alternate, rather short, distant, 

 and frequently bent downwards at the points ; branchlets, 

 straight, distant, somewhat in two rows, regularly four-sided, 

 and closely covered with imbricated leaves. Cones, unknown. 

 This is a robust growing kind, very much resembling the 

 Cedar of Goa (probably not different), but said by Carriere to 

 be from California. It emits a strong, disagreeable odour when 

 the young, soft parts of the branches are crushed between the 

 finger and thumb. 



It appears to be about as hardy as the Cupressus Lusitanica. 



No. 2. Cupressus attenuata, Gordon, the slender-branch- 

 letted Cypress. 

 Syn. Cupressus nivea, Hort. 



Leaves, on the young plants, distant, spreading, slender, 

 very small, straight, and of a light, glaucous green colour, 

 broadest at the base, and tapering to rather a blunt point ; 

 those on the laterals much shorter, thicker, and closer together, 

 while those on the adult plants are scale-formed, very short, 

 closely imbricated, and bluntly oval, with a sunken oblong 

 gland on the back, and very glaucous. Branches, horizontal, 

 very distant, long, slender, and little forked, lateral ones 

 alternate, slender, distant, and spread out somewhat in two 

 rows ; branchlets, very short, thin, mostly opposite, and very 

 slender, somewhat four-sided, and loosely imbricated. Cones, 

 small, terminal, on short scaly footstalks, and in large clusters, 

 on the upper branches. Scales, irregularly four or five-sided, 

 mostly six in number, shield-shaped, slightly elevated in the 

 centre, and terminating in a short, blunt point, sometimes 

 curved outwards. Seeds, rather small, numerous, and sur- 

 rounded with a dull, brown wing or margin, cut sloping at top 

 and bottom. 



A slender bush, growing from six to ten feet high, with a 

 graceful habit, found along the banks of streams in the 



