the Cypress-tree, a genus of the monoecia monodelphia clas. The calyx of the male is a scale of the amentum; it has no corolla; and the antherae have no filaments: The calyx of the female is a strobilus, and the squama contains a single flower; it has no corolla; the stylus is a concave point; and the nut is angular. The species are four, none of them natives of Britain.