108 CONIFERS. Chanmcyparis. 



330. Chamsecyparis Nutkaensis, Spach. 

 Yellow Cypress. Sitka Cypress. 



Sitka, south along the islands and Coast Ranges of British Columbia ' 

 and the Cascade Mountains of Washington and Oregon to the valley of 

 the Santian River, Oregon. 



A large tree of great economic value, 30 to 38 metres in height, with a 

 trunk 1.20 to 1.80 metres in diameter, or toward its southern limits and 

 at high elevations much smaller ; common along the coast at the sea-level 

 to about latitude 49° 30', then less common and only at higher elevations; 

 within the United States hardly below 5,000 feet elevation and very rare 

 and local ; the most valuable timber tree of Alaska. 



Wood light, hard, not strong, brittle, very close-grained, compact, very 

 durable in contact with the soil, easily worked, satiny, susceptible of a 

 beautiful polish, possessing an agreeable resinous odor ; bands of small 

 summer cells thin, not conspicuous ; medullary rays thin, numerous, hardly 

 distinguishable ; color bright light clear yellow, the thin sap-wood nearly 

 white ; somewhat used in boat and ship building, for furniture, interior 

 finish, etc. 



331. Chamsecyparis Lawsoniana, Pari. 



Port Orford Cedar. Oregon Cedar. White Cedar. Z,atcson's 



Cypress. Ginger Pine. 



Oregon, — Coos Bay, south to the valley of the Rogue River, not ex- 

 tending more than thirty miles from the coast ; California, — valley of 

 the upper Sacramento River (shores of Castle and Soda Lakes, Shasta 

 County). 



A large tree of the first economic value, 4.5 to 61 metres in height, 

 with a trunk 1.80 to 4 metres in diameter ; rich woods, in low, moist soil. 

 interspersed among the red fir and hemlock ; most common and reaching 

 its greatest development along the Oregon coast; local ;'in California very 

 rare and local. 



Wood light, hard, strong, very close-grained, compact, easily worked, 

 very durable in contact with the ground, abounding in odoriferous resin, 

 satiny, susceptible of a beautiful polish ; layers of small summer cells thin, 

 not conspicuous ; medullary rays numerous, very obscure ; color light 

 yellow or almost white, the thin sap-wood hardly distinguishable ; largely 

 manufactured into lumber and used for interior finish, flooring, railway- 

 ties, fence-posts, matches, and in ship and boat building ; the resin strongly 

 diuretic and a powerful insecticide. 



332. Cupressus macrocarpa, Hart 

 Mont/rey < 'ypress. 



California, — Cypress Point, Pescadero Ranch, anil Carmelo Point, 

 near Monterey. 



