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different habit and aspect frDm the others, propagated it by cuttings, 

 and subsequently exhibited young plants of it at Paris under the name 

 of ChanicBcyparis sphaeroidea andelyensis. The stock passed into the 

 hands of Messrs. E. G. Henderson & Son, of London, by whom it was 

 introduced to British gardens under the wrong name it still often 

 bears there (Veitch, Man. of Conif. 244). 



9. CUPRESSUS.— Tourn. Inst. 358 ; Linn. Gen. PI. n. 1079 ; 

 Juss. Gen. 413 ; Rich. Conif. 142, t. 9 ; Endl. Conif. 142, t. 9 ; Endl. 

 Gen. 259, n. 1791, and Conif. 55 ; Spach, Hist. Nat. des Veg. Phan. 

 xi. 323 ; Carr. Conif. 114, and ed. 2, 143 ; Gord. Pin. 56 ; Henkeland 

 Hochstetter, Syn. der Nadelh. 230 ; Pari. Fl. Ital. iv. 70. Juni- 

 peri sp. Bonpl. PI. Exsic. Cat. Chamsecyparis sp. Endl. Conif. 62 ; 

 Pari, in D. C. Prodr. xvi. 2, 467 ; Lamb. Pin. t. 42, ed. min. t. 65 ; 

 Forbes, Pin. Wob. t. 61 and 62 ; L'Her. Stirp. Nov. t. 8 ; Wats. 

 Dendrol. Brit. t. 155 ; Eichler in Engl, and Prantl. Natlirl. Pflf. ii. 

 p. 99 ; Willk. Forst. Flora, p. 245 ; Lawson, Pinet. Brit. ii. 195, t. 32 ; 

 Beissn. Nadelh. 99. 



Floivers monoecious ; male catkins cylindrical and numerous, female 

 ones roundish, and either in clusters or solitary. 



Cones somewhat globular, and composed of angular, irregularly 

 shaped, four to six pointed woody scales, externally shield-shaped. 



Scales from six to ten in number, irregularly four- or five-sided, 

 raised in the centre, and terminating in a more or less curved point. 



Seeds numerous, inserted on the upper interior surface of the 

 scales, angularly compressed or ovate, with a bony covering, extending 

 into a membranaceous wing at the margins. 



Cotyledons in twos or threes, rarely in fours, but mostly in twos. 



In the true Cupressus the leaves along the branchlets are mere 

 scales, closely imbricated, or tiled over each other, and generally in 

 four rows, with the branches always scattered along the stem, and the 

 buds not scaly. Cones more or less rounded, and composed of from 

 six to ten peltate woody scales, furnished with a projecting point or 

 boss in the centre, which scales, when the seeds are ripe, become 

 dry and separate. All the species exude resin, but afford no 

 turpentine. 



The name Cupressus, according to some writers, is derived from 

 the first species having been found plentifully on the Isle of Cyprus ; 

 but as the Cypress appears to have been known to the ancient 

 Hebrews, Greeks, and Phoenicians, it is much more probable that the 

 converse is the true statement, and that the island was named from 

 the tree being found plentifully upon it. According to other writers 

 the name is derived from " Cyparissus," a beautiful youth of the 

 Island of Ceos, who, according to tradition, was changed into a 

 Cypress. 



All large bushes or trees, found in the South of Europe, China, 



