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Var. thujaefolia, Knight and Perry. 



A form of conical habit with flattened, tripinnate branchlets. 



C. sempervirens is distinguished from all the other species 

 except C. 7nacrocarpa by its large cones, and from the latter 

 species by its smaller, closely pressed leaves which are not 

 swollen towards the tip, and by the non-tubercled seeds. 



Fig. 4:6.—CUPRESSUS SEMPERVIRENS. 

 a, spray with ripe cone ; 6, branchlets ; c, seeds. 



The Mediterranean cypress is found wild in the mountains 

 of N. Persia ; in Syria, Silesia, Greece, and the islands of Rhodes, 

 Crete, and Cyprus. It represents the cypress of the ancients and 

 there are numerous allusions to it in classical literature. In 

 Italy the fastigiate form is a characteristic feature of gardens and 



