Contferea—Cupressus. 449. 
golden yellow and green foliage. The var. glaiica or Kewénsis 
is distinguished by the distinct glaucous hue of its foliage. 
5. C. sempervr ens.—This is the species so commonly 
planted in the South of Europe and Asia Minor, peas the 
variety fustigiatu, 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, horizontalis, 
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 issupposed to 
be indigenous in Asia Minor and Persia. 
6. C. Macnabiana, syn. C. glundu- 
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. funébris and C. 
Corneyana from China; C. eacélsa, 
C. Goveniana, C. Knightiana, and C. 
Uhdeana from Mexico; and C. toru- 
losa and C. Lusitaénica from India. 
The latter is known as the Cedar of pig. 220. Cupressus sempervirens 
Goa, and was formerly extensively wee 
planted in Spain and Portugal, where it now appears in a semi- 
wild state; hence the specific name. 
16. RETINOSPORA. 
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 pytivn, resin, and aTopa, seed. 
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