GLEANINGS AND ORIGINAL MEMORANDA. 



Cupressus torulosa. D. Don. A 

 large evergreen tree, with glaucous leaves. 

 Belongs to Conifers. Native of the 

 Himalayas. (Fig. 102.) 



It would seem that there is but one species of 

 Cypress inhabiting the North of India, and that the 

 Cupressus torulosa — why so called we cannot discover. 

 For the native country of this plant Bhotan was first 

 given by the late Prof. Don, upon the authority of 

 Mr. Webb. Afterwards Dr. Royle stated that it ap- 

 peared to be the plant called thcclo by the natives, 

 seen between Simla and Phagoo, and near Jangkee 

 Ke Ghat, a high hill to the southward of Rol. " It is 

 also found in Kemaon, near Neetee, Simla, and in 

 Kunawur." Endlicher says that it occurs in Butan 

 and Nepal, as high as 8500 feet of elevation. Dr. 

 Wallich adds the southern mountains of Oude. Is 

 it really true that there is but one Indian Cypress, 

 and that the Torulosa ? And is the Torulosa what 

 is spoken of by all these writers ? We doubt it 

 much. In the first place Cupr. liorizontalis occurs 

 in Persia ; why not then in India 1 In the next 

 place, there are such differences among the speci- 

 mens of Indian Cypresses raised in England, and 

 between them and the wild specimens, as to suggest 

 reasonable doubts concerning their identity. As 

 far as we can investigate the matter, Indian evidence 

 seems to fail us, and home evidence is inconclusive. 

 All that can be affirmed with confidence is, that 

 in this country, raised from Himalayan seeds, exists 

 a glaucous, upright, graceful Cypress, which is dis- 

 tinct from all European kinds, and to which the name 



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