cupressus

It is a high, dark forest, principally composed of cypress-trees (Cupressus disticka).

It is perhaps best to confine the name cypress to the true cypress (Cupressus) and to the commercial cypress (Taxodium).

The Cupressus, while true cypresses and important in Europe, have no significance in America.

The name cypress has been chiefly applied to trees of the genera Chamcyparis, Cupressus, and Taxodium.

This cypress, apart from its elegant growth, is interesting as being the only species of Cupressus indigenous to India.