544 131. coNIFER X. 
of a new species, nor indeed is it certain that the two specimens 
referred to are of the same species. ] 
1. Cryptomeria japonica, D. Don in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 
(1841) p. 166, t. 13. fig. 1; Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. 
p. 469; Franchet, Pl. David. i. p. 291. 
. Cryptomeria Fortunei, Otto et Dietr. Allg. Gartenz. 1853, p. 234. 
Cupressus japonica, Linn. f. Suppl. p. 421. 
Taxodium japonicum, Brongn. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 1™ sér. xxx. (1833) p. 183. 
Cuina: without locality (Millett! Fortune!) ; Krawasvu: 
Shanghai (Maingay, cult.!); CuusaN Arcurpenaco (Home !); 
Foxien (David !), Amoy (Swinhoe!) ; Furen: Ichang (4. Henry, 
1340! “The Peacock Pine, cultivated, said to come from 
Yunnan”); SzEkcHuEN: Mount Omei (Faber!); Yunnan 
(Anderson, A. Henry, 9667, 9667 A ! “an enormous tree”). Mus. 
Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Japan. 
This species presents many curious variations, and the leaves 
differ in appearance in various stages of the growth of the plant. 
1. Glyptostrobus heterophyllus, Endl. Synops. Conif. p. 70; 
Parlat. in DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, p. 439; Carrière, Conif. ed. 2, 
p. 189; Masters in Journ. Bot. xxxviii. (1900), p. 37. 
Glyptostrobus pensilis, K. Koch, Dendrol. ii. p. 191. 
Schubertia japonica, Spach, Hist. Vég. Phan. xi. p. 352. 
Taxodium heterophyllum, Brongn. in Ann. Sc. Nat. lre sér. xxx. (1833) 
p. 184. 
Taxodium japonicum, B. heterophyllum, Brongn. l. c. 
Taxodium sinense, Forbes, Pinet. Woburn. p. 179. 
Thuya lineata, Poir. Encycl. Suppl. v. p: 305. 
Thuya pensilis, Staunton, Embassy to China, p. 436. 
Cuina: without locality (Fortune, 46, 120!); KwANGTUNG 
(Staunton! Macartney!), Whampoa (Wright, 470 !), neighbour- 
hood of Canton (hb. Hance, 5276! * The water pine of Canton”). 
Mus. Brit.; Mus. Paris. ; Herb. Kew. 
Leaves polymorphous and heterotaxic, sometimes tristichous, 
long and linear; at other times, and, on the fruiting branches, 
spirally imbricate, short, rather obtuse. 
1. Cephalotaxus drupacea, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. ii. 
p. 108, et FI. Jap. ii. p. 66, tt. 180, 131 ; DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, p. 504; 
Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 478. 
Cuusan AncurPELAGO (Home!); Huren : Changyang, Ichang, 
