THE TRUE CYPRESSES. 71 



CUPRESSUS TORULOSA MAJESTICA, Hort. 



Syn. ,. majestica. Knight, 



This kind differs in nothing from the ordinary form of the 

 species except in its more robust appearance, being much larger 

 in all its parts, and much hardier, and no doubt is the larger 

 kind from the mountains of Cashmere and Nepal. 



CUPEESSUS TORULOSA NANA, Hort. 



Syn. Cupressus torulosa elegans, Hort. 

 „ „ „ religiosa, Knight. 



„ „ religiosa nana, Hort. 



This variety diifers from the species in being very much 

 smaller in all its parts, more compact, and very dwarf. 



No. 15. Cupressus Uhdeana, Gordon^ Mr. Uhde's Cypress. 

 Syn. Cupressus tetragona, Hort. 



Leaves, small, opposite, regularly four-rowed, very glaucous, 

 closely imbricated, blunt, angular on the under side, frequently 

 with a small hollow in the middle, thickly set, and pressed one 

 upon another, decurrent at the base, but slightly removed at 

 the points. Branches, rather slender, numerous, long, round, 

 dark brown, and well furnished with branchlets ; irregularly 

 scattered round the stem, nearly horizontal, but with the points 

 slightly elevated and rather dense ; smaller ones mostly one- 

 sided, distant, alternate, very slender, and not very flat, but 

 regularly four-sided, and slightly curved. Cones, globular, 

 very glaucous, small, five or six lines in diameter, with eight 

 scales to each. Scales, convex, shield-shaped, terminating in 

 the centre with a small prickle, and containing many seeds, of 

 a light brown colour, and nearly flat. 



A handsome small tree, with a dense, bushy head, growing 

 40 or 50 feet high, and first discovered by M. Uhde on the 

 Real del Monte, and other mountains, in Mexico, in high, ex- 

 posed situations, at an elevation of from 6000 to 7000 feet. 



It is tolerably hardy. 



