CUPRESSUS 



CUPRESSUS 



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to soil and situation, but prefer a deep, sandy-loamy 

 soil. For propagation, see Chamxcyparis. The young 

 plants should be removed several times in the nursery 

 to secure a firm root-ball; otherwise they will not bear 

 transplanting well. 



INDEX. 



arizonica, 7. funebris, 10. lutea, 2. 



Bedfordiana, 1. glandulosa, 4. Macnabiana, 4. 



Benthamii, 6, 7. glauca, 5, 9. macrocarpa, 2, 3. 



californica, 5. Goveniana, 5. majestica, 8. 



eashmeriana, 11. guadalupensis, 3. nepalensis, 8. 



cereiformis, 1. Hartwegii, 2. pendula, 9, 10, 11. 



compacta, 5. horizontals, 1. Roylei, 1. 



Corneyana, 8. indica, 1. sempervirens, 1. 



cornuta, 5. Karwinskyana, 6. sinensis, 9. 



Crippsii, 2. Knightiana, 6. stricta, 1. 



elegnns, 6. Lambertiana, 2. thurifera, 6. 



excelsa, 6. Lindleyi, 6. torulpsa, 8, 11. 



fastigiata, 1, 2. lusitanica, 9. viridis, 5. 



Whillevana, 1. 



A. Branches and branchlets erect or spreading; branch- 



lets short and usually rather stout. 



B. Cones 1-1 }/2 in. across, with 6-14 scales. 



c. Lvs. obtuse: bark scaly. 



1. sempervirens, Linn. Fig. 1146. Tree, to 80 ft., 

 with erect or horizontal branches and dark green 

 foliage: Ivs. closely appressed, ovate, obtuse, glandular: 

 cones oblong or nearly globose; scales 8-14, with a short 

 boss on the back, bract free at the apex. F.S. 7, p. 192. 

 (as C. torvlosa). S. Eu., W. Asia. Var. stricta, Ait 

 (C. fastigiata, DC. C. Bedfordiana, Hort.). ITALIAN 

 CYPRESS. With erect branches, forming a narrow, 

 columnar head. The classical cypress of the Greek and 

 Roman writers, much planted in S. Eu. G.W. 9, p. 127. 

 Gn. 33, p. 3 (as C. stricta). Var. cereif6rmis, Rehd. 

 (C. fastigiata cereifdrmis, Carr.). A form with very 

 short branches, forming a narrow and slender columnar 

 head. Var. indica, Parl. (C. Roylei, Carr. C. Whitley- 

 dna, Hort.). Similar to var. fastigiata in habit: cones 

 globose, with 10 scales; bract acutely mucronate at the 

 apex. Var. horizontalis, Gord. (C. horizontdlis, Mill.). 

 Branches horizontally spreading, forming a broad, 

 pyramidal head. The famous avenue of C. sempervi- 

 rens in the Villa Giusti, Verona, Italy, is shown in Fig. 

 1146 (G.F. 2:464). 



2. macrocarpa, Hartw. (C. Hartwegii, Carr.). 

 MONTEREY CYPRESS. Tree, to 40 ft., occasionally 

 to 70 ft., with horizontal branches, forming a 

 broad, spreading head: branchlets stout: Ivs. rhom- 

 bic-ovate, obtuse, closely appressed, not or obscurely 

 glandular, dark or bright green: cones globular 

 or oblong; scales 8-12, with a short, obtuse boss 

 on the back. Calif., Bay of Monterey. S.S. 10:525. 

 G. 22:30. G.M. 52:952. G.W. 2, p. 497. G.C. III. 

 18:63; 22:53. Gn. 29, p. 36; 30, p. 189; 38, p. 363; 53, 

 p. 219; 68, p. 237. G.F. 7:245. Var. Crippsii, Mast. 

 Lvs. spreading, light glaucous. A juvenile form. Var. 

 fastigiata, Knight. Of narrow, pyramidal, fastigiate 

 habit. Var. Lambertiana, Mast. (C. Lambertiana, 

 Carr.). Dark green form with spreading branches. 

 R.H. 1870, p. 191; 1907, p. 565. Var. Ifttea, Hort., 

 has yellow foliage. Gn. 68, p. 237. J.H.S. 1902, 

 p. 426, fig. 111. 



cc. Lvs. acute: bark exfoliating, cherry-like. 



3. guadalupensis, Wats. (C. macrocdrpa var. gua- 

 dalupensis, Mast.). Wide-spreading tree, 40 ft. high 

 or more: bark grayish brown, exfoliating, brownish 

 red below: branchlets drooping, slender: Ivs. bluish 

 green, scentless, acute or acutish, obscurely glandular: 

 cones globose, 1 in. across or more, with 6-8 very thick 

 strongly bossed scales. Guadalupe Isl. G.C. III. 18:62. 



BB. Cones ]^r-l in. across, with 6-8 scales. 



c. Lvs. distinctly glandular. 



4. Macnabiana, Murray (C. glanduldsa, Hook.). Fig. 

 1147. Shrub with several sts., or small tree, to 20 ft., 

 forming a dense, pyramidal head: Ivs. ovate, obtuse, 



thickened at the apex, glandular, dark green or glau- 

 cous: cones oblong, %-l in. high; scales usually 6, 

 with prominent conical and curved bosses on the 

 back. Calif. S.S. 10:528. R.H. 1870, p. 155. G.C. III. 

 9:403. F. 1874, p. 88. 



cc. Lvs. inconspicuously glandular. 

 D. The branchlets slender: Ivs. green or sometimes glaucous. 



5. Govenikna, Gord. (C. californica, Carr.). Tree, 

 to 50 ft., with slender, erect or spreading branches, 

 forming a broad, open or 



pyramidal head: branch- 

 lets slender: Ivs. ovate, 

 acute, closely appressed, 

 inconspicuously glandu- 

 lar: abundant staminate 

 fls. in spring: cones sub- 

 globose or oblong; scales 

 6-8, with short, blunt 

 bosses. Calif. S.S. 10: 

 527. R.H. 1875, p. 108. 

 F. 1876, p. 197. Var. com- 

 pacta, Andre. Of compact, 

 pyramidal habit. R. H. 

 1896, p. 9. Var. glauca, 

 Carr., with glaucous, and 

 var. viridis, Carr., with 

 bright green foliage. Var. 

 cqrnftta, Carr. A form 

 with strongly developed 

 bosses. R.H. 1866, p. 251. 



6. Benthamii, Endl. (C. 

 excelsa, Scott. C. Karwin- 

 skyana, Regel. C. thurif- 

 era, Schlecht., not HBK.). 

 Tree, to 70 ft., with hori- 

 zontal branches, forming 

 a pyramidal head : branch- 

 lets slender: Ivs. ovate, 

 obtuse or acute, keeled 

 and somewhat thickened 



at the apex, inconspicuously glandular, bright green: 

 cones globular, ^-%in. across; scales 6-8, with short- 

 pointed bosses. Mex. Var. Lindleyi, Mast. (C. Lind- 

 leyi, Klotzsch). Branchlets regularly arranged, of 

 nearly equal length: cones small, with small-pointed 

 bosses. Var. Knightiana, Mast. (C. elegans, Hort.). 

 Branchlets very regularly arranged, fernlike, drooping, 

 glaucous: cones with stout, conical-pointed bosses. 

 G.C. III. 16:669. C. Benthamii has been found in 

 prehistoric asphalt beds at Los Angeles. 



DD. The branchlets stout: Ivs. glaucous. 



7. arizonica, Greene (C. Benthamii var. arizdnica. 

 Mast.). Tree, to 40, rarely, to 70 ft., with horizontal 

 branches, forming a narrow, pyramidal or broad, open 

 head: branchlets' stout: Ivs. ovate, obtuse, thickened at 

 the apex, usually without glands, very glaucous: cones 

 subglobose, %-l in. across; scales 6-^8, with stout, 

 pointed, often curved bosses. Ariz., Calif. S.S. 10:526. 

 G.C. III. 18:63. I.T. 4:145. M.D. 1904:50. 



AA. Branchlets slender, more or less pendulous: Ivs. 

 usually acute and keeled, not thickened at the 

 apex: cones about %in. or less across (see No. 6). 

 B. The branchlets not or only slightly compressed. 



8. torulfisa, Don (C. nepalensis, Loud.). Tall, 

 pyramidal tree, to 150 ft., with short, horizontal 

 branches, ascending at the extremities: branchlets 

 slender, drooping: Ivs. rhombic-ovate, acutish or 

 obtusish, appressed or slightly spreading at the apex, 

 bright or bluish green: cones globular, nearly sessile, 

 J4-%in. across; scales 8-10 with a short, obtuse, incon- 

 spicuous boss. Himalayas. Gn. 27, p. 39. Var. Corney- 

 ana, Mast. (C. Corneyana, Knight). With distinctly 

 pendulous branches: cones oblong, larger. Var. ma- 



1147. Cupressus Macnabiana. 

 (From a cultivated tree.) 



