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Dr. Hooker suggests that Cupressus torulosa may be the wild 

 state of the common Cypress, 0. senipervirens. He also states that 

 it is a rare plant in the Himalayas, and is, moreover, apparently 

 confined to the Western Himalayas. It may perhaps be hereafter 

 found in the eastern part of this range, but it has not yet been so, 

 although Loudon and others have designated it the " Bhotan Cypress." 

 It is found in the province of Gurwal, and there it is in the eastern 

 part of the province. Dr. Jameson says it is abundant there as well 

 as near Kunnoor, and at Surin or Surroo Tota, the place taking its 

 name from the tree. There it occurs in the very bed of the river 

 Dowli, the largest and longest branch of the Ganges. Dr. Royle 

 found it at 11,500 feet above the sea ; also in Koonawar, on the borders 

 of Chinese Tartary. Hitherto it has only been found in almost 

 inaccessible situations in the Himalayas, from whence its timber 

 could not be transported to the plains. First discovered and collected 

 by Hamilton in his journey through Nepaul in 1802 and 1803, and 

 described by Don from his specimens in 1825. Since then it remained 

 little known until seeds were sent under the impulse given to the 

 introduction of Himalayan Conifers by the large importations of 

 H.M. Commissioners of Woods and Forests about 1852. It was, 

 however, previously introduced by Dr. Wallich in 1824, and a fresh 

 supply of seeds sent in 1836, and from time to time consignments have 

 reached England, so that there are trees to be met with of various 

 ages. It has been wintered indoors in Denmark. 



C. t. Corneyana. Cupressus Corneyana, Knight, Syn. Conif. 

 19 ; Carr. Tr. Gen. Conif. 128. Cupressus gracilis, Gord. Pinet. 117, 

 and Suppl. 23 (excl. syn. pendula, Staunt.), not Endl. Cupressus 

 cernua, hort. ex Gord. Pinet. Suppl. 23. Cupressus torulosa gracilis, 

 hort. Juniperus chinensis Corneyana, Gord. Pinet. 117 (excl. syn. 

 Roxb.). 



C. t. majestica, Carr. Tr. Gen. Conif. 118 ; Gord. Pinet. 71. 

 Cupressus majestica, Knight, Syn. Conif. 19. Cupressus flagelliformis, 

 Knight, I.e. 20. 



10. JUNIPERUS.— Linn. Gen. PI. n. 1134 ; Juss. Gen. PI. 

 413 ; Gartn. Fruct. 62, t. 91 ; Rich. Conif. 137, t. 5, 6 ; Endl. Gen. 

 258, n. 1789, and Conif. 7 ; Spach, in Ann. des Scienc. ]SI"atur. 

 ser. 2, xvi. 282, and Hist, des Veg. Phan. xi. 305 ; Carr. Conif. 

 ed. 2, 7 ; Gord. Pinet. 91. Juniperus et Cedrus, Tourn. Inst. 588, 

 t. 361. ThujpBcarpus, Trautvett. Imag. Plant. 11. Arcenthos, 

 Juniperus, and Sabina, Antonie die Cupress Gattung, 3, 8, 35 ; Pari, 

 in D. C. Prodr. xvi. 2, 475 ; Forb. Pinet. Wob. t. 64, 65 ; Andr. 

 Bot. Rep. t. 534 ; Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. ; Reichb. Icon. Fl. Germ, 

 t. 536 ; Guss. Fl. Rar. t. 62 ; Wis. iii. PI. I^ov. in Mus. Inst. 

 Venet. vi. t. 1 ; Pall. Fl. Ross. t. 55-57 ; Traut. Imag. PI. Ross, 

 t. 15 ; Sieb. and Zucc. Flor. Jap. t. 126, 127 ; Mich. N. Am. Sylv. 



