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THE CULTIVATED EVERGREENS 



c. Leaves of branchlets acute, often free at tip : branch- [Benfhami 



lets slightly compressed . 7. C. lusitanica var, 



cc. Leaves obtusish : branchlets terete 8. C. torulosa 



BB. Cone J^-J-2 inch across: branchlets distinctly flattened, 



dark green 9. C. ftinebris 



'-I'l Wm>-' ^' ^' sempervirens, L. Italian Cypress. Fig. 32. 



^^~^it(^ '^^/^z; Tree to 80 feet with erect or horizontal branches and 



^^^:«?M^%^ dark green foliage; trunk with thin gray bark, smooth 



•^^W^w^iV ji? ^^ slightly longitudinally fissured: leaves 



^<\ \'^'m%vi9 ^ closely appressed, ovate, obtuse, glandular: 



cC^k*v \/'^%\^^j/i'\?^ staminate flowers with 10-12 stamens: cones 



'^^lt4j|t^J^^^^^?'Xfr short-oblong or nearly globose; scales 8-14, 



^ <^j >y^?^p(^^™|^P' with a short boss on the back, bract free at 



^'^Ts'S^^^^^^l^^O^^ ^^^ apex; seeds 8-20 under each scale. 



r^A "^'L'^!^'§'^^^A®\il!W'fe^ Southern Europe and western Asia. — Much 



i^^^^'H^^^^^/^^n^m^^ planted since ancient times in southern 



^^lL'^^^^^^^m^\lvW^ Europe particularly in its columnar form. 



^^^^^^^\wN/\J^'^jfh^ It is hardy only in the Southern States and 



''^^r^^''^^^^MB H/^J^'^^ California. 



^^^^I^^^^jl Wr^^ Var. stricta, Ait. (var. fyramidalis, Nym. 



■=^ "^^ ^W ^^^' /"*^'^'«^^' Beiss. C. fastigiata, DC). 



ryfi^^^^iW^ 32. Cupressus Cohjmnar Italian C. Plate XVII. With 



C^^^^^W sempervirens. erect branches, forming a narrow, columnar 



CM^ jlfmyS head. The classical cypress of the Greek and 



xj^^^^j^ Roman writers. 



^-^^ H Var, indica, Pari. (C. Roylei, Carr. C. 



Whitleyana, Hort.). Globecone Italian C. Similar to var. fastigiata in 

 habit: cones globose, with 10 scales; bract acutely mucronate at the apex. 



Var. horizontalis, Gord. (C. horizontalis. Mill.). Spreading Italian C. 

 Branches horizontally spreading, forming a broad pyramidal head. 



2. C. macrocarpa, Hartw. (C. Hartwegii, Carr. C. Lambertiana, Gord.). 

 Monterey C. Tree to 40, occasionally to 70 feet tall, with horizontal branches 

 forming a broad spreading head; bark ridged, dark reddish-brown, separating 

 into thick persistent scales; branchlets stout: leaves rhombic-ovate, swollen 

 toward the tip, obtuse, closely appressed, not or obscurely glandular, dark 

 or bright green : staminate flowers with 6-8 stamens : cones globular or oblong ; 

 scales 8-12, with a short obtuse boss on the back; seeds about 20. California, 

 Bay of Monterey. — Introduced to Europe in 1838. 



Var. lutea, Webster. Yellow Macnab C. An upright, fastigiate form 

 with yellow foliage changing to green the second year. 



Var. fastigiata, Mast. Branches ascending, formmg a compact fas- 

 tigiate head. 



