Family: Cupressaceae

Description: 

Small trees; bark reddish brown to light grayish brown, thin, flaking in long strips; crown ovoid-pyramidal when young. Leaves 1-3 mm, apex bluntly pointed; facial leaves rhomboid, with a conspicuous, linear, glandular groove at center abaxially. Male cones yellowish green, ovoid, 2-3 mm. Female cones when immature bluish green, subglobose, ca. 3 mm in diam., when ripe reddish brown, subovoid; proximal 2 fertile cone scales 2-seeded, distal 2 fertile scales 1-seeded. Seeds grayish brown or purplish brown, ovoid or sub-ellipsoid, slightly ridged.