Conifers Cupressus. 



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golden yellow and green foliage. The var. glauca or Kewensis 

 is distinguished by the distinct glaucous hue of its foliage. 



5. C. sempervlrens. This is the species so commonly 

 ulanted in the South of Europe and Asia Minor, especially the 

 variety fastigiata, or Upright Cypress 



(fig. 220), which is found in some places 

 above a hundred feet high, with closely 

 appressed branches like a Lombardy 

 Poplar. Another variety, horizontalw, 

 has spreading branches, forming a flat- 

 topped tree. 



This is scarcely hardy in Britain, 

 though it will succeed tolerably well in 

 some places where the soil is free and 

 porous and not rich enough to induce 

 luxuriant growth. But a handsome spe- 

 cimen is rarely seen. It is supposed to 

 be indigenous in Asia Minor and Persia. 



6. G. Macnabidna, syn. C. glandu- 

 losa. A densely branched shrub of 

 pyramidal outline, growing about 10 

 feet high in its native country. With 

 us it forms a dense dwarf glaucous 

 bush. A native of California. 



Amongst the tenderer species occa- 

 sionally seen are : C. funebris and C. 

 Gorneydna from China ; C. excelsa, 

 C. Govenidna, C. Knightidna, and C. 

 Uhdedna from Mexico ; and G. toru- 

 losa and C. Lusiidnica from India. 

 The latter is known as the Cedar of 

 Groa, and was formerly extensively 

 planted in Spain and Portugal, where it now appears in a semi- 

 wild state ; hence the specific name. 



16. .RETmOSPORA. 



This genus is so near the last that it might well be included 

 in it, but this is not the place to introduce any changes in the 

 nomenclature of plants, and possibly this may be as good a 

 genus as many others. The principal distinction resides in the 

 seeds, which are covered with resinous vesicles, giving rise to 

 the generic name, from prjrlvrj, resin, and aTropa, seed. 



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Cupressus sempervirens 

 var. fastigiata. 



