Cupressus 1 2 1 1 



Cones ripening in the autumn of the first year, globose, J in. in diameter, on 

 the end of a short scaly branchlet, bluish purple and covered with a glaucous bloom 

 when ripe, ultimately reddish brown ; scales six, each with an ovate acute, often 

 reflexed central process. Seeds one or two on each scale, -j^ in. long, ovate, brown, 

 without resin-vesicles, and with narrow wings. Cotyledons two. 



Varieties 



This species appears to show little or no variation in the wild state. Under 

 cultivation a number of peculiar forms have arisen : 



1. Var. leptoclada, Kent, Veitch's Man. Conif. 232 (1900). 



Var. andelyensis, Carriere, Conif. 123 (1867). 

 Retinispora leptoclada, Gordon, Pinetum Suppl. 91 (1862). 

 Retinispora andelyensis, Carriere, in Rev. Hort. 1880, p. 36, figs. 4, 8. 

 Chamcecyparis leptoclada, Henkel and Hochstetter, Syn. Nadelh. 257 (1865). 



A shrub with close-set branches, terminating in flattened branchlet systems, 

 bearing partly adult foliage and partly primordial acicular leaves, which soon tend 

 to disappear. This originated in M. Cauchois's nursery at Andelys (Eure) about 

 1850, and the plants were, in 1861, put on the market by Messrs. Henderson and Co., 

 of the Wellington Nursery, St. John's Wood. This shrub produces fruit freely, and 

 according to Carriere comes true from seed. 1 It is cultivated for sale at Rogers's 

 nursery near Southampton, but is such a slow grower, that it is not much in favour, 

 and seems to be less hardy than the type. 



2. Var. ericoides, Beissner, Nadelholzkunde, 67 (1891). 



A small dense pyramidal bush, with spreading subulate primordial leaves, 

 glaucous in colour, but turning bronze or purplish brown in winter. This is 

 supposed to be a juvenile form of C. thyoides ; but its origin is doubtful, and by 

 different authors it has been called a Cupressus, a Juniperus, a Retinispora, a 

 Frenela, and a Widdringtonia. 2 



3. Var. glauca, Endlicher, Syn. Conif. 62 (1847). Occasionally known as var. 

 kewensis. A shrubby form with glaucous foliage. 



4. Var. nana, Endlicher, Syn. Conif. 62 (1847). 



A dwarf bluish form, forming a small rounded bush. 



5. Var. Hoveyi, a slender form with short ultimate branchlets, forming dense 

 terminal tufts. 



6. Var. variegata, Endlicher, Syn. Conif. 62 (1847). 



Leaves yellowish. Loudon mentions a variegated form which was received at 

 Chiswick from the Dunganstown Nursery in Ireland about 1831. 



Distribution 



This tree grows mainly in maritime swamps in the Atlantic and Gulf states, 

 which are liable to be overflowed by the sea during several months of the year. 



1 This is confirmed by Mr. Paul. Cf. Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. xxxiv. p. ccxix. (1 909). 



1 Cf. Sargent, in Garden and Forest, x. 430 (1897). It is probably the same as Retinispora pseudosquarrosa, Carriere. 

 Conif. 140 (1867), and in Rev. Hort., 1880, p. 96, who says it was obtained at Le Mans in 1840 by M. Bergeot from a seed of 

 C. thyoides. 



