Cupressus  chengiana

Hu, Notes on the Flora of China IV, in Taiwania, 1964, N° 10, p. 57.

2. Cupressus chengiana, sp. nov.

    Arbor, 20 m. alta, ramulis teretis, vel leviter compressis, hornotinis 1.25 mm. diametro; foliis quadrifariis imbricatis, ecarinatis, ovatis vel obtusis, 1 mm. longis latisquei strobilibus masculis oblongis, 2-3 mm. longis, squamis 12, late ovatis, obtusis, antheris 3 vel 4; fructibus globosis, 5-10 mm. diametro, squamis 6-8, suborbicularibus angulatis, 4-6 mm. diametro, rugosis et papillatis, utrumque seminibus 5-ovatis, brunneis.

    Chinese name: *

    SZECHUAN: W. C. Cheng 2066 (type) F. T. Wang 21700; Wilson 798a, 2105.

    Endernic to northwestern Szechuan, occurring in the Min River Valley at altitudes of 1300-1660 meters; resembling C. torulosa in its terete branchlets, distinguished by its unusually small fruits with 6 to 8 rugose and pappillose scales. In C. torulosa the cone scales are cutinized.