Illustrations of Conifers. 47 



CUPRESSUS CASHMERIANA (Royle). 



Tree* of Great Britain ami Ireland, Vol. V. p. 1161 (19 LO). 



A tree of moderate dimensions, with the bark divided into long 

 narrow scaly ridges. Branches ascending, with pendulous branchlets, 

 which are 4 to 5 feet long, forming a tree of pyramidal outline. 

 Branchlet systems long and pendulous, twice or thrice pinnate, flat- 

 tened, with the ultimate divisions compressed. Leaves glaucous, the 

 lateral pair conduplicate ; the facial pair flattened, with a longitudinal 

 furrow, about I inch long, lanceolate, acuminate, spreading at the 

 tips. 



Cones }j inch in diameter, greenish-yellow when young, dark 

 brown when mature ; scales ten, each with a central depression and 

 an acute triangular reflexed process. Seeds numerous, winged. 



Cupressus cashmeriana, which is the most beautiful of all the 

 cypresses, is probably a form of Cupressus torulosa with juvenile 

 acicular foliage. It is not known in the wild state. A solitary 

 example was seen in cultivation by Griffith in Bhutan ; and Hooker 

 collected specimens from cultivated trees in Sikkim. According to 

 Carriere, it was introduced into Europe from Tibet in 1862. 



In the Temperate House at Kew there is a tree 30 feet high 

 which bears fruit. In northern Italy there are some good specimens, 

 the best being at Isola Madre, Lake Maggiore, which is about 60 

 feet high and produces fruit freely, from which seedlings have been 

 raised at Colesborne. It has also been propagated from cuttings 

 by Fratelli Rovelli of Pallanza. The photograph illustrates a fruit- 

 ing branchlet of this tree. 



