80 CUPEESSUS, OR 



sembles Cupressus Corneyana, in habit of growth and general 

 appearance. 

 It has proved hardy in Mr. Cripps's Nursery, at Tunbridge 



Wells. 



No. 3. CuPBESSUS Benthami, Endlicher, Mr. Bentham's 

 Cypress. 



Syn. Cupressus thurifera, Beniham. 



Leaves imbricated, opposite, ovate-pointed, and mostly free 

 towards the points, keel-shaped at the back, with a hollow 

 gland in the centre, and, like the branchlets, dark green or 

 very slightly glaucous when young. Branches long, round, 

 spreading, dense, and flat. Branchlets four-sided, slender, and 

 mostly curved and forked. Cones globular, five lines in dia- 

 meter, produced in great abundance on the outer parts of the 

 branches, and consisting of from eight to ten scales. Scales 

 wrinkled, and shaped like that of an ancient shield, with the 

 outer face convex, terminated with a long prickle in the 

 centre. Seeds numerous, below each scale, and more or less 

 winged. 



A tall tree, with an ample, dense head, growing from 50 to 

 60 feet high, on the mountains of Mexico, at an elevation of 

 from 5000 to 7000 feet, particularly on the mountains of An- 

 gangueo and Tlalpuxahua. 



It was first discovered by Mr. Hartweg, and described by 

 Mr. Bentham as the Cupressus thurifera of Humboldt, an error 

 which Professor Endlicher afterwards detected, and changed to 

 that of Cupressus Benthami. 



Timber fine-grained and excellent. 



It is tolerably hardy. 



No. 4. Cupressus Corneyana, Knight, Mr. Corney's Chinese 



Cypress. 

 Syn. Cupressus gracilis, Hort. 

 „ „ cernua, Hort. 



