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their scales smoother and more even. The greatest proof 

 of their identity consists in the fact, made known by Mr. 

 Syme, " that the R. plumosa of gardens occasionally throws 

 out branches with all the characteristics of pisifera." 



Fig. 2. 



Thuya pisifera, var. plumosa. Foliage and cones from a cultivated plant ; 

 nat. size and magnified. 



Var. filifeea. (Fig. 3.) 



Eetinospora filifera, Standish, ex Gordon, Pinetum, ed. 2, 

 p. 364 ; Syme in Gard. Chron. vol. v. (1876), p. 237, fig. 43 

 (ramulus et strobili). 



Mr. Syme regards this either as a variety of pisifera 

 analogous to the pendulous form of T. (Biota) orientalis, or 

 as a form of orientalis itself. 



T. obttjsa. (Fig. 4.) 



Chamaecyparis obtusa, Sieb. et Zucc. in Endl. Conif. p. 63; 

 Carriere, Traite, ed. 2, p. 129; Franchet et Savatier ; Parlatore 

 in DC. Prod. xvi. 2, p. 466 ; Miguel. 



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