1 1 48 The Trees of Great Britain and Ireland 



** Leaves spreading. 

 3. Cupressus cashmeriana, Royle. Himalayas. Seep. 1 161. 



Branchlets compressed. Leaves glaucous-blue, widely spreading above their 

 decurrent base, subulate, with a mucronate apex. Cones, \ in., ellipsoidal ; 

 scales ten, outer surface depressed, with a minute reflexed process. Seeds ten 

 on each scale. 



B. Branchlet-sy stems arising at varying angles, with their pinna not in one plane. 



* Leaves with a conspicuous circular pit, exuding resin. 



4. Cupressus Macnabiana, Murray. California. See p. 11 74. 



Branchlets compressed. Leaves dimorphic, thick, obtuse. Cones globose, 

 to f in., reddish brown, often glaucous ; scales six, with prominent processes, 

 those on the upper scales thickened, conical, and incurved. Seeds ten to 

 twelve on each scale. 



5. Cupressus arizonica, Greene. Arizona, Northern Mexico. Seep. 1183. 



Branchlets equal-sided, glaucous in native specimens. Leaves uniform, acute 

 or acuminate. Cones, | to f in., glaucous at least in the first year ; scales six 

 to eight, with the external surface not depressed, and a prominent process. 

 Seeds eight to ten on each scale. 



** Leaves not conspicuously glandular. 

 t Branchlets equal-sided. Leaves uniform in four ranks, closely oppressed. 



6. Cupressus sempervirens, Linnaeus. Mediterranean region. Seep. 115 1. 



Leaves -fa in. long, obtuse. Cones sub-globose or ovoid, 1 to 1^ in., pale 

 brown or greyish ; scales eight to fourteen, either with a central pit overhung by 

 a minute process, or pyramidate ending in a mucronate process. Seeds twenty 

 on each scale. 



7. Cupressus macrocarpa, Hartweg. Monterey (California) and Guadalupe Island. 

 See p. 1 165. 



Leaves -fa in. long, obtuse, swollen towards the tip. Cones ellipsoid, 1 to 

 i in. long, shining reddish brown ; scales eight to fourteen, with a central 

 depression overhung by a thin-edged ridge-like arcuate process. Seeds twenty 

 on each scale. 



8. Cupressus Goveniana, Gordon. California. Seep. 1171. 



Leaves -% to -fo in. long, swollen near the apex, which is acute and often 

 mucronate. Cones globose, \ to in., shining dark brown ; scales six to ten, 

 projecting in the centre, which bears a prominent process. Seeds ten to 

 twelve on each scale. 



% Branchlets compressed. Leaves nearly uniform in four ranks, 



free at the tips. 



9. Cupressus lusitanica, Miller. Mexico, long cultivated in Portugal. Seep. 11 76. 



Leaves ^ in. long, acuminate, often mucronate. Cones remarkably glaucous, 

 at least in the first year, globose, \ in., on straight stalks ; scales eight, with a 

 prominent process. Seeds eight to ten on each scale. 



