58 CUTRESSUS ; OR 



Shasta Country and other mountain valleys in Northern Cali- 

 fornia. 



It is quite hardy, and was introduced by the French col- 

 lectors. 



No. 3. CuPRESSUS Benthami, Endlicher, Mr. Bentham's 



Cypress. 

 Syn. Cupressus thurifera, Bentham. 



Leaves, imbricated, opposite, ovate-pointed, and mostly free 

 towards the points, keel- shaped at the back, with a hollow gland 

 in the centre, and, like the branchlets, dark green, or very 

 slightly glaucous, when young. Branches, long, round, spread- 

 ing, dense, and flat; branchlets, four-sided, slender, and mostly 

 curved and forked. Cones, globular, five lines in diameter, 

 produced in great abundance on the outer parts of the branches, 

 and consisting of from eight to ten scales. Scales, wrinkled, 

 and shaped like that of an ancient shield, with the outer face 

 convex, terminated with a long prickle in the centre. Seeds, 

 numerous below each scale, and more or less winged. 



A tall tree, with an ample, dense head, growing from 50 to 

 60 feet high, on the mountains of Mexico, at an elevation of 

 from 5000 to 7000 feet, particularly on the mountains of An- 

 gangueo and Tlalpuxahua. 



It was first discovered by Mr. Hartweg, and described by 

 Mr. Bentham as the Cupressus thurifera of Humboldt (now 

 Chamaecyparis thurifera) ; an error which Professor Endlicher 

 afterwards detected, and changed to that of Cupressus Ben- 

 thami. 



Timber, fine-grained and excellent. 



It is tolerably hardy. 



No. 4. Cupressus excelsa, Scott, the Tall Guatemala Cypress. 

 Syn. Cupressus Skinneri, Hort. 



Leaves, on the young plants, needle or awl- shaped, and 

 glaucous ; opposite, in four rows, all decurrent, at the base 

 straight, and tapering to a sharp point at the summit, of various 



