LXXVII. CONI'FEIUE: TAXO'DIUM. 



1077 



2003. C. ptJndula. 



2004. C. pendula. 



Other Kinds of Cupressus, some of which have been introduced, but of which 

 little is known. 



C. horizontdlis Audibert. This plant has been already alluded to (p. 1073.) 

 as being considered by some to be the same as the spreading variety of C. sem- 

 pervirens ; and by others as a distinct species. 



C. thurifcra H. B. et Kunth, Linnaea, vol. xii. p. 493. A tree from 50 ft. 

 to 60 ft. high, with leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate-pointed, scarcely a line in 

 length ; those on the young shoots about ^ of a line long. Mexico, at the 

 height of 5000 ft. Introduced in 1838. Hort. Soc. 



C. Tournefortii Audibert. The plant bearing this name in the Horticultural 

 Society's Garden, received from Audibert in 1834-, is 2 ft. high. 



C. bacciformis Willd. A hardy tree, 20 ft. high. Introduced in 1818. 



C. austrdlis Pers. A shrub with slender branches, a native of New Holland, 

 and rather tender. 



C. sabinoides H. B. et Kunth. A very doubtful species. 



C. Coulterii Pin. Wob. p. 190. Mexico. Raised from seeds in the Glas- 

 nevin Botanic Garden in 1 837. ? C. thurifera H. JB. et Kunth. 



C. fastigidta Hort., Pin. Wob. p. 186., Gard. Mag. 1839 p. 271. Juni- 

 per us fastigiata Hort. Said to be distinguished from C. sernpervirens by its 

 " very blue glaucous leaves"; but apparently nothing but C. sempervirens (of 

 which it is the common name in many parts of the Continent), as indicated 

 under that species. 



GENUS XL 



Lin. Si/si. 



TAXCTDIUM Rich. THE TAXODIUM, or DECIDUOUS CYPRESS. 

 Monce'cia Monadelphia. 



Identification. Rich. Conif., p. 143. ; Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 2. 

 Synonymes. C'upressus L., Schuberto Mirb., Condylocarpus Salftb. 

 Derivation. From taxus, the yew, and eidos, like ; the trees resembling the yew. 



Gen. Char. Male flowers in catkins, disposed in a compound pyramidal spike. 

 Pollen of each flower borne in 5 cases, attached to the scale at its inner 

 base. Female flowers in catkins, 2 3 together ; near the base of the spike 

 of catkins of male flowers ; each consisting of a small number of flowers. 

 Ovules 2 to an ovary. Strobile globose. Scales peltate, angled. Seed angled 

 in outline, and having angular projections on the surface ; its integument 

 very thick. Cotyledons 6 7. 



