52 Illustrations of Conifers. 



CUPRESSUS OBTUSA (Koch). Hinoki Cypress. 

 Chamjbcyparis obtcsa (Siebold ami Zuccarini). 



Vtitch's Man. Conif. erf. 2 p. 220 (1900). 



Trees of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. V. p. 1185 (1910). 



A tree attaining in Japan 120 feet in height and 12 feet in girth. 

 Bark reddish - brown, scaling off in long thin strips. Branches 

 close-set, spreading. Branchlets flattened, tri-pinnate. Leaves ap- 

 pressed ; lateral pair conduplicate, fa inch long, obtuse ; facial pair 

 much smaller, fa inch long, flattened, rhomboid, often keeled, with 

 a scarcely acute apex. Foliage dark green above, marked below with 

 conspicuous X-shaped white markings formed by a coating of wax. 

 Leaves on the main axes oblong, unequal ; the lateral -J- inch long ; 

 the facial | inch long, with spreading obtuse points. 



Cones on short scaly branchlets, I inch in diameter, orange- 

 brown when ripe ; scales 8 to 10, the outer surface depressed, with a 

 minute process in the centre of the depression. Seeds two to five 

 on each scale, | inch long, brown, narrowly winged, with conspicuous 

 resin-vesicles. 



Cupressus obtusa is indigenous in southern and central Japan 

 at an elevation of 2,000 to 5,000 feet. It is largely planted 

 for its valuable timber which is very durable and is used for all 

 building and joinery purposes. It has a strong aromatic smell. 

 This cypress was introduced into cultivation in 1861 by J. Gould 

 Veitch. There are numerous varieties in cultivation. 



