Juniperus. C0NIFER2E. 109 



A tree 15 to 21 metres in height, with a trunk 1.20 to 1.80 metres in 

 diameter ; on granite rocks immediately upon the sea-coast ; very local. 



Wood heavy, hard, strong, rather brittle, very close-grained, compact, 

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

 a beautiful polish, odorous ; bands of small summer cells thin, dark-colored, 

 conspicuous ; medullary rays numerous, hardly distinguishable ; color clear 

 bright brown streaked with red and yellow, the thin sap-wood light yellow. 



333. Cupressus G-oveniana, Gord. 



Humboldt County, California, south along the coast and through the 

 Coast Ranges into lower California. 



A small tree, sometimes 12 to 15 metres in height, with a trunk 0.G0 

 to 0.90 metre in diameter ; borders of streams and mountain slopes, in 

 rather rich soil, or often a low shrub, occupying extensive tracts of sandy 

 barrens or thin, rocky soil, 1 to 5 miles inland from the coast; widely but 

 not generally distributed. 



Wood light, soft, not strong, brittle, close-grained, compact ; bands of 

 small summer cells broad, dark-colored, conspicuous ; medullary rays thin, 

 obscure ; color light brown, the thick sap-wood nearly white. 



334. Cupressus Macnabiana, Murr. 



California, — mountains south of Clear Lake, Lake County. 



A small tree, sometimes 9 metres in height, with a trunk 0.30 to 0.45 

 metre in diameter, or more often a tall shrub branching from the ground; 

 very rare and local. 



Wood not collected. 



335. Cupressus G-uadalupensis, Watson. 



San Francisco Mountains of New Mexico and eastern Arizona, Santa 

 Catalina and Santa 1 Rita Mountains, Arizona ; Sierra Madre, near Saltillo, 

 and Guadalupe Island, Mexico. 



A tree 18 to 21 metres in height, with a trunk 0.60 to 0.90 metre in 

 diameter; rocky canons and ridges; forming on the New Mexico and 

 Arizona Mountains extensive forests between 5,000 and 8,000 feet eleva- 

 tion, generally on northern slopes ; local. 



Wood light, soft, very close-grained, compact, easily worked, suscep- 

 tible of a good polish ; bands of small summer cells broad, conspicuous ; 

 medullary rays numerous, very obscure ; color gray, often faintly streaked 

 with yellow, the thick sap-wood light yellow. 



336. Juniperus Californica, Can-. 



Juniper. 



California, — valley of the Sacramento River south through the Coast 

 Ranges to lower California. 



