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California, Mexico, Guatemala, United States of North America, and 

 the East Indies. 



Most of them are not hardy in the northern part of Europe, where 

 they are cultivated in conservatories. 



C. Caslimeriaiia, Royle. Cupressus torulosa, Gord. Pin. 69 ; 

 Carr. Tr. Gen. Conif. ed. 2, 161. 

 Habitat— Thibet. 

 Introduced about 1862. 

 Wintered indoors in Denmark. 



C. funebris, Endlicher. Cupressus pendula, Staunt. Embass. 

 China, ii. 415, t. 41 ; Lamb. Pin. ed. 2, ii. Ill, t. 50 ; Loud. Arbor, iv. 

 2479, f. 2332-3 (excl. syn. omn.), and Encycl. of Trees, 1077, 2003-4 

 (excl. syn. Thunb.). Cupressus funebris, 'Endl. Syn. Conif. 58 ; Lindl. 

 and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 206 ; Fl. des Serres, vi. 89 {cum ic.) ; 

 Paxt. Flow. Gard. i. 46, f. 31 ; Knight, Syn. Conif. 19 (excl. syn. 

 Thunb.) ; Carr. Man. des PI. iv. 325 ; Tr. Gen. Conif. 120, and ed. 

 2, 161 ; Gord. Pin. 59 ; Henk. and Hochst. Syn. der Nadelh. 236 ; 

 J. E. Nelson, Pinac. 71. 



Habitat. — China, where it is often planted in cemeteries. 



Introduced into Europe by Fortune in 1848. 



Wintered indoors in Denmark. 



C. Goveniana, Gordon. Cupressus sp. Hartw. ex Knight, Syn. 

 Conif. 20. Cupressus Goveniana, Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. iv. 295 ; 

 Lindl. and Gord. I.e. v. 206 ; Knight, I.e. ;' Carr. Man. des PI. iv. 326, 

 Tr. Gen. Conif. 125, and ed. 2, 170 ; Gord. Pin. 60 ; Henk. and 

 Hochst. Syn. der Nadelh. 240. Cupressus glandulosa, hort. 



Habitat. — Discovered by Hartweg in California, near Monterey, 

 Humboldt County. South, along the coast, and through the coast 

 ranges into Lower California. 



Introduced in 1847. 



Wintered indoors in Denmark. 



A small tree, sometimes 40-50 feet in height, with a trunk 

 2-3 feet in diameter ; borders of streams and mountain slopes, in 

 rather rich soil, or often a low shrub, fruiting when 1-3 feet in height, 

 and occupying extensive tracts of sandy barrens one to five miles 

 inland from the coast, or thin, rocky soil (Pringle) ; widely but not 

 generally distributed. 



Wood light, soft, not strong, brittle, close-grained, compact ; 

 bands of small summer cells broad, dark- coloured, conspicuous ; 

 medullary rays thin, obscure ; colour light brown, the thick sap- 

 wood nearly white ; specific gravity, 0*4689 ; ash, 0.45 (Ch. S. 

 Sargent). 



C. guadalupensis, Watson, Proc. Am. Acad. xiv. 300 ; Bot. 

 California, ii. 114. Cupressus macrocarpa (?), Watson in Proc. Am. 

 Acad. xi. 119 (not Hartweg). Cupressus arizonica, E. L. Greene in 



