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of which agreed with those of Cupressus lusitanica. Dalzell and 

 Gibson, in the " Supplement to the Bombay Flora " (1861), p. 83, 

 mention the tree under the name of Cupressus glauca, and 

 state that it is common in gardens, native and European. 



Brandis in the "Forest Flora of India," p. 534, and Sir 

 Joseph Hooker in the "Flora of British India " (1890), vol. v. 

 p. 645, referring to Dalzell and Gibson as above cited, add that it 

 is extensively cultivated in the Western Ghats, whence it was 

 introduced into Portugal. If this be so, then the cultivation of 

 the tree in the Ghats must be of considerable antiquity. Other 

 authors, among them Carriere, go so far as to say that the tree 

 has been introduced into Mexico, and there given rise to new 

 varieties. But in all probability this statement rests upon an 

 inaccurate identification of specimens, and the Mexican plants 

 referred to this species are doubtless distinct indigenous species. 



The resemblance between C. sempervirens, G. torulosa, and 

 C. lusitanica is sufficiently close to justify the inference that 

 they may all have originated from a common stock, and at a 

 relatively not very remote period. Still at the present time the 

 three forms mentioned appear to me to have a title to be con- 

 sidered " good species," and, in spite of the recognised variability 

 of C. sempervirens, I have not met with a specimen that could 

 fairly be confounded with C. lusitanica. This, however, is a 

 matter of opinion and individual judgment. It may be well, 

 therefore, to append a description of the true " Cedar of Goa," 

 and to point out the distinctive features which appear to separate 

 it from C. sempervirens and from C. torulosa. It must, how- 

 ever, be admitted that no form of words is adequate to convey 

 the differences sometimes observable by the eye. 



C. lusitanica, Miller. Lambert, Pinus, tab. xxxii. folio edit. 



Branches terete, covered with reddish-brown bark. Her- 

 baceous branchlets densely crowded or loose, somewhat regularly 

 pinnately branched, arching, slender, 4-cornered. Leaves on the 

 older branches variable, approximate, broadly ovate, subulate, 

 acuminate, appressed, slightly spreading at the tips. Leaves on 

 the herbaceous shoots about 2 mill, long, 4-ranked, erecto-patent, 

 oblong-lanceolate, somewhat obtuse, slightly convex at the back, 

 and with a central gland, margins concave. Male catkins 

 terminal, 2-3 mill, long, yellow, oblong or subglobose. Scales 

 continuous with the leaves, suborbicular or subtriangular, acute 



