THE DECIDUOUS CYPRESS. 307 



Taxodium distichum fastigiatum. Knight. 

 Syn. Taxodium fastigiatum, Hort. 

 „ „ adscendens, Brongniart, 



„ Schubertia disticha imbricata, Spach. 

 „ „ „ excelsa, Booth. 



„ Cupressus imbricata, Nuttall. 

 Branches, short, erect, slightly spreading at the top. Leaves 

 two-rowed, and resembling those of the species. This very dis- 

 tinct variety is a much smaller and a more compact tree, with 

 the form of a regular conical pyramid, or fastigiated head. It 

 is found in the marshy grounds, along the sea-shore, in Florida 

 and Carolina, forming a small tree. 



A very distinct-looking small tree, but certainly not a dis- 

 tinct species. 



Taxodium distichum Mexicanum, Gordon, the Montezuma 



Cypress. 

 Syn. Taxodium pinnatum, Hort. 

 „ „ virens. Knight. 



„ „ Montezumae, Dunal. 



„ „ Hugeli, Lawson. 



„ „ Mexicanum, Carriere. 



„ „ distichum pinnatum, Hort. 



„ „ mucronatum, Hort. 



Leaves, linear, pointed, evergreen, or nearly so, in two rows, 

 straight, flat, and tapering to a point, with the leaves slenderer, 

 and more persistent than those of the common deciduous Cy- 

 press, Branches spread out and slender. Cones, large, with 

 the scales strongly mucronated. 



This variety differs from the species in being nearly ever- 

 green, and much tenderer. It is found growing in Mexico, 

 forming large trees, 12:0 feet high, and sometimes ninety feet in 

 circumference, close to the ground. It forms large forests be- 

 tween Chapultipec and Tescoco, near Popotla in Mexico. 



The great Montezuma Cypress at Chapultipec near Mexico, 

 is of this kind, and measures ninety-nine feet in circumference 

 near the ground. It is tender. 



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