46 Illustrations of Conifers. 



CUPRESSUS TORULOSA (Don). 



Veilch's Man. Conif. ed. 2, p. 288 (1900). 



Trees of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. V. p. 1158 (1910). 



A tree attaining in the Himalayas 150 feet in height and 37 

 feet in girth. Bark I inch thick, brown, exfoliating in long narrow 

 strips. Branches horizontal or ascending, ultimately pendulous, 

 forming a broad pyramidal crown. Branchlet systems alternate, 

 flattened, two- or three-pinnate. Ultimate divisions often curved, 

 quadrangular, ^ inch in diameter. Leaves uniform in four ranks, 

 closely appressed, r V, inch long, ovate, obtuse, frequently with 

 an obscure glandular depression on the back. 



Young cones green, often with a plum coloured tinge ; ripening 

 in the second year, and becoming dark-brown ; on short recurved 

 stalks, globose or ellipsoid, 1 inch in diameter ; scales 8 to 10, with 

 the centre of the outer surface depressed, and bearing a small 

 triangular and often recurved process. Seeds six to eight on each 

 scale, pale brown, \ inch long, winged. 



Cupres8U8 torulosa is a native of the outer ranges of the 

 western Himalayas from Chamba to Nepal, between 5,500 and 9,000 

 feet elevation, and is the only cypress known to occur wild in 

 India. It was apparently discovered by Buchanan - Hamilton in 

 Nepal in 1802-3, seeds being first sent to Europe by Dr. Wallich 

 in 1824. It is rare in cultivation in the British Isles. 



