LXXVII. CONI FER^ : CUPRE SSUS. 



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Spec. Char., ^c. Branchlets compressed. Leaves imbricated in i rows, ovate, 

 tuberculate at the base. (Wil/d.) An evergreen tree ; in England a shrub. 

 New England to Carolina, in deep swamps. Height, in the southern states 

 of America, 70 ft. to SO ft. ; in the climate of London, 10 ft. to 15 ft,, rarely 

 30 ft. Introduced in 1736. Flowering in April and May, and ripening its 

 cones about the same time in the following year. 



Varieties. 



1 C. t. 2 Joliis variegdtis, Leaves variegated, or blotched with white. 

 4 C. t. 3 nana Hort. Habit dwarf, Exeter Nursery. 



The white cedar, in the cli- 

 mate of London, is of slow 

 growth, seldom exceeding the 

 height of 4 or 5 feet in 10 or 12 

 years, and but rarely found 

 above that height. Cones are 

 sometimes imported ; and the 

 seeds may be sown early in 

 spring, and treated in all re- 

 spects hke those of Cupressus 

 sempervirens : it may also be 

 propagated by cuttings ; and, 

 in the London nurseries, it is 

 sometimes raised by layers. 



f 3. C. lusita'nica Tourn. The Cedar of Goa, or Portuguese Cypress. 



Identification. Tourn., 587. ; Du Ham. Arb., 1. p. 198. ; Lamb. Pin , ed. 2., 1. t. 65. 



Synonymes. C. glauca Brot. Fl. Lus. 1. p. 216. ; C. p(5ndula L'Herit Stirp. Nov. p. 15. ; Cedar of 



Bussaco. C. pendula T/tunb., Lamb. Pin. ed. 2. 2. t. 06., is supposed to be a different plant. 

 Engravings. Lamb. Pin., t. 65. ; N. Du Ham., 3. t. 3. ; the plate of this tree in Arb. Brit., 1st 



edit., vol. viii. ; and ourJ%. 1998. 



C. ftijoldes. 



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spec. Char., ^c. Branches flexuose, spreading ; branchlets quadrangular. 



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