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aud closely covered with small, oval, blunt-pointed leaves in 

 four rows. Cones globular, three-quarters of an inch in dia- 

 meter, frequently clustered on the upper branches, or singly, 

 on short, thick, woody foot-stalks. Scales in opposite pairs, 

 mostly six in number, rather more than half an inch across, 

 irregularly four-sided, each elevated in the centre, and termi- 

 nated with a stout, blunt point, sometimes slightly curved, 

 particularly on the half-grown cones. Seeds mostly angular, 

 but sometimes rounded, and with scarcely any trace of the 

 wings. 



A compact, rather pyramidal, glaucous bush, growing from 

 six to ten feet high. 



It was first discovered by Mr. Jeffrey, on the Shasta moun- 

 tains, in Northern California, in lat. 41°, at an elevation of 

 5000 feet, and afterwards by Mr. Murray in the same country, 

 who transmitted seeds to Messrs. Lawson. This beautiful 

 Cypress is perfectly hardy, and must not be confounded with 

 a more slender and less ornamental kind, substituted for it by 

 an importer of Californian Conifers. 



No. 12. CupiiESsus MACKOCARPA, Hartweg, Lambert's 

 Cypress. 



Syn. C. Lambertiana, Gordon. 

 ;, „ macrocarpa fastigiata, Knight. 

 „ „ Keinwardti, Hort. 

 „ „ Lambertiana fastigiata, Carri^'e. 

 „ „ Hartwegii, Garrihre. 



Leaves ovate, imbricated, in four rows, bright gi'ass green, 

 and closely set upon^ the old plants ; they are expanded, awl- 

 shaped, sharp-pointed, and thickly set upon the young plants. 

 Branches irregularly spiral, but sometimes alternate or opposite, 

 younger ones and laterals opposite, dense and quite green, older 

 branches dark brown, and nearly horizontal from the main 

 stem. Cones in clusters of three or four together, oblong, one 

 inch and a half long, and one broad, with ten scales, the larger 



