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Eleventh Genus, CUPRESSUS 



Linn. 

 SPIRE-BRANCHED CYPRESSES. 



Trees or shrubs with branchlets spire-shaped, not 

 flattened as preceding genus; cones larger, requiring 

 two years to mature; seeds numerous, 6 to 20 to 

 each scale, leaves not in two ranks, but scattered; 

 trees yielding without injury to treatment with prun- 

 ing shears, hence much used for hedges, windbreaks, 

 and for ornamental effects. Five species, in two 

 groups: 



Group I Southern Cypresses 



No. i Cuadalupe Cypress 



C. Guadalupensis, S. Watson. 



Small trees, native of Guadalupe Island off the coast 

 of Mexico, Peninsula of California, and the coast of 

 San Diego County, California. Branchlets slender, 

 drooping, light green; the bark, flaking off, leaves a 

 claret-red surface to the limbs. 



No. 2 Arizona CypreSS C- Arizomca, Greene. 



Becoming large trees on the highest peaks of the 



Arizona mountains, the bark of the large limbs flakes 



