Arizona Cypress 



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Fig. 76. Macnab Cypress. 



orous twigs they are long-pointed and more spreading. The flowers open in the 

 early spring; the staminate are 

 oblong-cyHndric, blunt, and about 

 2.5 mm. long, composed of about 

 12 stamens, their connectives 

 broader than long, and peltate. 

 The pistillate flowers are nearly 

 globular, 1.5 mm. long, their 

 scales ovate. The cones are 

 short-oblong or nearly globular, 

 18 to 25 mm. long, nearly ses- 

 sile or short-stalked, dark brown, 

 usually somewhat glaucous, com- 

 posed of 6 or 8 scales, the lower 

 ones having thin, prominent 

 projections. The seeds are flat- 

 tened, scarcely 1.5 mm. long, 

 dark brown, narrowly winged. 



The wood is soft, close-grained, and brown; its specific gravity is about 0.56. 

 The tree is sparingly cultivated in European gardens; it is also called Fragrant 



cypress, Shasta cypress, Macnab's cy- 

 press, Cahfomia mountain cypress, 

 White cedar, and Cypress. 



5. ARIZONA CYPRESS 

 Cupressiis arizonica Greene 



Cupressus guadaliipensis Sargent, not 

 S. Watson 



This tree occurs in the mountains 

 of Arizona, and in adjacent Mexico, 

 usually at altitudes of from 1500 to 

 2400 meters. Its maximum height is 

 about 21 meters, with a trunk diame- 

 ter of 1.2 meters. It is also called 

 Red-barked cypress, and Arizona red- 

 barked cypress, and is readily dis- 

 tinguishable from the other American 

 cypresses by its pale green foHagc. 



The branches are horizontal, form- 

 ing narrowlv conic or sometimes broad 

 heads. The old bark is thin, dark red 

 or brown, separating into long shreds 



Fig. '^7. Arizona Cypress. 



