LXXVII. CONI'FERE: CUPRE’SSUS. 1075 
Spec. Char., §c. Branchlets compressed. Leaves imbricated in 4 rows, ovate, 
tuberculate at the base. (Wil/d.) An evergreen tree; in England a shrub. 
New England to Carolina, in deep swamps. Height, in the southern states 
of America, 70 ft. to 80 ft. ; in the climate of London, 10 ft. to 15 ft., rarely 
30 ft. Introduced in 1736. Flowering in April and May, and ripening its 
cones about the same time in the following year. 
Varieties, 
£ C. t. 2 foliis variegdtis,— Leaves variegated, or blotched with white. 
2 C.t. 3 ndna Hort.— Habit dwarf. Exeter Nursery. 
The white cedar, in the cli- 
mate of London, is of slow 
growth, seldom exceeding the , 
height of 4 or 5 feet in 10 or 12 
years, and but rarely found 
above that height. Cones are 
sometimes imported; and the 
seeds may be sown early in 
spring, and treated in all re- 
spects like those of Cupréssus 
sempervirens: it may also be 
propagated by cuttings; and, 
in the London nurseries, it is LE 
sometimes raised by layers. 1997. C. dhydldes. 
2 3. C. wusrra’nica Tourn. The Cedar of Goa, or Portuguese Cypress. 
Identification. Tourn., 587.; Du Ham. Arb., lL. p. 198.; Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 1. t. 65. 
Synonymes. C. glatica Brot. Fl. Lus. 1. p. 216.; C. péndula L’Hérit Stirp. Nov. p. 15. ; Cedar of 
Bussaco. C. péndula Thunb., Lamb. Pin. ed. 2. 2. t. 66., is supposed to be a different plant. 
Engravings. amb. Pin., t. 65.; N. Du Ham., 3. t.3.; the plate of this tree in Arb. Brit., Ist 
edit., vol. viii, ; and our fig. 1998, 
mag. 
1998. C. lusitanica. 
Spec. Char. $c. Branches flexuose, spreading ; branchlets quadrangular. 
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