Callitris
(probably altered from kallistos, most beautiful; referring to the whole plant). ORD. Coniferae. SYN. Frenela. Half-hardy evergreen shrubs or small trees, with long, very slender-jointed branches, and often very minute, scale-like, persistent leaves. Flowers monoecious. Fruit globular, composed of four to six--rarely eight--unequal, woody, valvate scales, with one or two seeds at the base of each. All the species are somewhat tender, in England, except in the more southern districts. They require a sandy loam compost. Propagated by cuttings, inserted under a handlight in autumn, and protected by a cold pit; or by seeds. See also Widdringtonia.
C. quadrivalvis (four-valved). Arar-tree; Sandarach Gum-tree. fl., female catkin tetragonal, with four oval valves, each furnished with a point, and two of which bear seeds. February to May. l. flattened, articulate. h. 15ft. to 20ft. Barbary, 1815.