PINACEAE. — CUPRESSUS 55 



Western Szech'uan: Min valley, near Mao-chou, arid regions, 

 alt. 1800 m., rare, May 25, 1908 (No. 2105; tree 20 m. tall, girth 3 m.) ; 

 west and near Wen-ch'uan Hsien, lat. 1600 m., November 1908 (No. 

 798*; tree 13 m. tall, girth 2 m.) ; valley of Tung river, dry regions, 

 alt. 1300-2600 m., common, June, July and August 1908 (No. 2106; 

 tree 8-33 m. tall, girth 0.6-4 m.); same locality, alt. 1300 m., July 

 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 3012). 



This tree is common throughout the arid upper reaches of the Tung River be- 

 tween 1300 and 2500 m. altitude and at one time evidently formed extensive 

 forests in this region. In the valley of the Min River it is rare and we have no 

 knowledge of this tree east of this district. 



The bark is reddish brown and the trunk usually mast-like. The branches 

 are very numerous, usually short, horizontally spreading and of no great thick- 

 ness, the outline of the tree then being symmetrical. Sometimes the branches are 

 erect-spreading and the habit is then close and fastigiate. Often the habit is 

 irregular with numerous large branches disposed in a manner to form a wide- 

 spreading, flat-topped head. Occasionally the branches are somewhat pendulous 

 and the branchlets are more frequently so. Usually the foliage is dark green but 

 sometimes it is pale and slightly glaucous. 



The Chinese name "K'an-peh-sha" signifies that it is the Cypress that grows 

 in dry regions. The timber is very highly valued and this probably accounts for 

 the absence of large trees except near houses, temples and lamaseries. 



It is highly probable that the C. sempervirens Franchet (in Jour, de Bot. XIII. 

 263 [1899]) belongs here, for it is not probable that Linnaeus' plant occurs in China 

 or, in the wild state, east of Afghanistan. 



Pictures of this tree will be found under Nos. 84, 158, 256, 257, 259 of the col- 

 lection of Wilson's photographs and also in his Vegetation of Western China, Nos. 

 192-197. 



Cupressus funebris Endlicher, Syn. Conif. 58 (1847). — Parlatore 

 in De Candolle, Prodr. XVI. pt. II. 471 (1868). — Debeaux in Act. 

 Soc. Linn. Bordeaux, XXX. 110 (Fl Shangh. 58) (1875). — Masters 

 in Jour. Unn. Soc. XVIII. 496 (1881); XXVI. 540 (1902); XXXVII. 

 412 (1906); in Jour. Bot. XLI. 268 (1903). — Kanitz in Noven. 

 Gyiijit. Szechenyi, II. 847 {PI. Enum. 63) (1891) ; Wiss. Ergeb. Reise 

 Szechenyi, II. 738 (1898). — Franchet in Jour, de Bot. XIII. 263 

 (1899). — Pritzel in Bot. Jahrh. XXIX. 219 (1900). — Pavolini in 

 Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. n. ser. XV. 439 (1908). — Patschke in Bot. 

 Jahrh. XLVIII. 675, t. 8. fig. 6 (1913). 



Cupressus pendula Abel in Staunton, Embassy to China, II. 255 (nomen nudum; 



non Thunberg, nee L'H6ritier) (1797). — Lambert, Descr. Pinus, I. 97, t. 



43 (1803). 

 Cupressus funebris gracilis CarriSre, Traite Conif. 162 (1867). 



Western Hupeh: north and south of Ichang, forming woods, 

 alt. 30-1100 m., abundant, July and November 1907 (No. 798, in 



