68 CONIFEROUS TREES 



little bush, but varies a good deal both in shape 

 and density of branches. The colour of foliage 

 nearly approaches that of the previous variety 

 but individually the leaves are stouter and longer. 

 The cones of all these varieties are identical with 

 those of C. pisifera. 



C. SEMPERViRENS, LiuficBus, (Synouyms : C. 

 fastigiata, De Candolle ; C. pyramidalis, Tozzett.) 

 Levant, Himalaya. — This is of distinctly pyram- 

 idal growth, the branches usually heavy, and 

 thickly beset with tiny branchlets, covered with 

 smooth, imbricated, yellowish green leaves. The 

 cones are plentifully produced, and, being of a 

 light brown colour, contrast strangely with the 

 heavy masses of foliage. Each cone is fully i inch 

 in diameter, nearly round, and composed of 

 convex angular scales, with a raised point in the 

 centre of each. There is a noble clump of these 

 trees at Penrhyn Castle, North Wales. 



C. SEMPERVIRENS HORizoNTALis, GordoH, differs 

 only from the species in the spreading or hori- 

 zontal branches and smaller cones, but it is by no 

 means common in cultivation. 



C. THURIFERA, Humboldt, Bonpland et Kunth. 

 Mexico. 1836. — Recent investigations have shown 

 that two distinct plants have been confused under 

 this name. In 1817 Humboldt, Bonpland, and 

 Kunth described Cupressus thurifera from speci- 

 mens found in several Mexican localities. End- 

 licher, thirty years later, pointed out that the 

 cultivated plant was really a true Cypress, while 

 that of Humboldt is a Chamsecyparis, giving the 

 name Cupressus Benthami to the garden plant. The 

 cones of a plant sent home by Botterl from Mexico 



