Illustrations of Conifers. 45 



CUPRESSUS MACNABIANA (Murray). 



Gardeners' Chronicle, p. 420 (1855). 



Vol. IX. new series, p. 403 with fig. (1890). 

 Veitch's Man. Conif. ed. 2, p. 213 (1900). 

 Trees of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. V. p. 1174 (1910). 



A small wide - branching tree, attaining in California a maximum 

 height of 40 feet with a girth of 4 feet. Bark thin, reddish-brown, 

 scaly. Branchlet systems irregularly arranged, tri-pinnate ; ulti- 

 mate divisions tetragonal, compressed. Leaves J inch long, ap- 

 pressed, ovate, obtuse, marked on the back with a shining 

 resinous gland. 



Cones erect, stalked, i to |- inch in diameter, reddish-brown ; 

 scales 6 to 8 with prominent triangular processes. Seeds numerous, 

 dark brown, | inch long, with resin-vesicles. 



It is distinguished by its bright or yellowish green foliage 

 and conspicuously glandular leaves. 



Cupressus Maciiabiana, which is a native of the hilly and 

 mountainous regions in California, was discovered by Jeffrey in the 

 Sierra Nevada in 1853 ; and introduced into cultivation in England 

 about a year later by Lobb, who sent seeds to Messrs. Veitch. It 

 is now very rare in cultivation. 



The specimen illustrated is from a tree 25 feet high at 

 Brickendon Grange, Herts. 



