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Cupressus thuyoides, Linne. (Chamacypans sphteroidea, Spach.) 

 White Cedar of North America ; in moist and morassy ground. 

 Height of tree 80 feet ; diameter of stem 3 feet. The wood 

 is light, soft, and fragrant ; it turns red when exposed to the 

 air ; it is extensively used for a great variety of purposes, 

 particularly also shingles ; it is fine-grained and easily worked. 

 The aged wood resists the succession of dryness and moisture 

 better than any other Cypress hitherto tried. 



Cupressus torulosa, Don.* 



Nepal Cypress. Northern India ; 4,500 to 8,000 feet above 

 sea level. Average ordinary height 40 feet, but much larger 

 dimensions are on record, requiring perhaps confirmation. The 

 reddish fragrant wood is as durable as that of the Deodar 

 Cedar, highly valued for furniture. The tree seems to prefer 

 limestone soil. Dr. Brandis thinks that it may attain an age 

 of 1,000 years. 



Cyamopsis psoraloides, Candolle. 



South Asia. This annual is mentioned by Dr. Forbes Watson 

 among the plants which furnish all the year green table-beans 

 to a portion of the population of India. 



Cycas Normanbyana, F. v. Mueller. 



A noble Queensland species, deserving introduction, and capable 

 of being shipped to long distances in an upgrown state without 

 emballage. 



Cycas revoluta, Thunberg. 



The Japan Fern Palm. The trunk attains, in age, a height of 

 about 6 feet, and is rich in sago-like starch. The slow 

 growth of this plant renders it valuable for no other purpose 

 than scenic decorative culture ; it endures the climate of Mel- 

 bourne without protection. Cycas angulata, R. Br., may also 

 prove hardy, and would prove a noble horticultural acquisition, 

 as it is the most gigantic of all Cycadese, attaining a height 

 of 70 feet in tropical East Australia. Like the Zamia stems, 

 also, the trunks of Cycas admit of translocation, even at an 

 advanced age. 



Cymopterus glomeratus, Candolle. 



Western States of North America. Root edible (Dr. 

 RosenthalJ. 



