540 131. CONIFER. 
131. CONIFER. 
(By Dr. M. T. Masters, F.R.S.) 
1. Libocedrus macrolepis, Benth. in Benth. et Hook. Gen. 
Pl. iii. p. 426. 
Calocedrus macrolepis, Kurz in Journ. Bot. xi. 1873, p. 196. 
Formosa (Bourne!); Yunnan (Anderson !). 
“The most valuable wood in Formosa.”— Bourne. Herb. Kew. 
1. Thuya (§ Biota) orientalis, Zinn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, p. 1422; 
Abel, Narr. Journ. China, p. 145; Franchet in Journ. de Bot. 
1899, p. 263. 
Biota orientalis, Endl. Synops. Conif. p. 47; Parl.in DC. Prodr. xvi. 
2, p. 461; Carriére, Conif. ed. 2, p. 93; Kanitz, Pl. Exped. Szech. p. 63. 
Biota chinensis, Hort. ex Parl. in DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, p. 462. 
Thuya chinensis, Hort. er Parl. in DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, p. 462. 
Cuina (Incarville ex Franchet); Curt: hills west of Peking 
(Fortune! Bunge!); Formosa (A. Henry, 403, 1975, 2076 ! 
cult.) ; Huren: Nanto and mountains to the northward (A. 
Henry, 3910!); Suenst: Toumianfun (Giraldi ex Beissner); 
KawsuH (Szechenyi ex Kanitz); SzxcHuEN:  Chungching 
(Bourne), district of Tchenkeoutin (Farges!); Sourn CHINA: 
Kolapou (Giraldi ex Beissner) Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew.; 
Mus. Paris.; Herb. Boissier; Herb. DC. 
Siberia, Turkestan, N. W. Himalaya, Japan. 
[Iu the Paris herbarium is a specimen from Pére Farges, 
n. 1158, which elosely resembles the form known in gardens as 
Thuya plicata, Donn (not T. plicata, D. Don, in Lambert ex parte). 
lt grows on Hankyse at a height of 1400 feet, and its native 
name is said to be * Gaypeechou."  Franchet (Journ. de Bot. 
1899, p. 262) considers this to be the type of a new species, 
described by him as T. sutchwenensis. It is desirable to compare 
this with the Japanese, Siberian, and West-American forms. 
(See Masters in Gard. Chron. xxi. 1897, p. 258.)] 
1. Cupressus funebris, Endl. Synops. Conif. p. 58; Parl. in 
DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, p. 471; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 646; 
Kanitz, Pl. Exped. Szech. p. 63; Franchet in Journ. de Bot. 
1899, p. 262, 
