Illustrations of Conifers. 55 



CUPRESSUS MACROCARPA (Hartweg), Var. Guadalupensis (Masters). 

 Cupressus Guadalupensis (Watson). 



Journ. Linn. Soe. (Dot.) Vol. XXXI. p. 848 (1896). 



Trees of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. V. p. 1166 (1911). 



Proe. Amer. Acad. Vol. XIV. 1879, p. 300, as a species. 



This cypress is a native of Guadalupe Island, Lower California, 

 where it attains 40 feet in height and 6 to 15 feet in girth. 

 Bark very smooth. Branches drooping, with slender branchlets ; 

 foliage glaucous ; leaves acute, obscurely glandular on the back. 

 Cones globose, one inch or more in diameter, composed of 6 to 8 

 very thick and strongly bossed scales. Seeds numerous, three lines 

 or more in diameter. It is distinguished from typical C. macrocarpa 

 by its very smooth bark, slender branchlets and more glaucous 

 foliage. 



Watson considered this tree distinct and described it as a 

 separate species ; but it is usually regarded as a geographical form 

 or variety of C. macrocarpa. (Vol. II. p. 72). 



The specimen illustrated was obtained from a tree at Antibes, 

 France. 



