498 DB. MAXWELL T. MASTERS OX 



circa Hakodate, Maximowicz omnes ex Franchet et Savatier, 

 ATbrecht !, Siebold. In Chinae montibus prov. Che Kiang, For- 

 tune; Shanghae, Fortune \; Chusan, Some; Amoy, Swinhoe\; 

 Yunan, Anderson ! 



Numerous forms and varieties of this are cultivated in Japan and 

 in this country, such as vars. Zobbi, nana, or pygmcea, dacrydioides, 

 araucarioides, pungens, macrocephala, spiralis, variegata, and vin- 

 dis. Descriptions of most of these will be found in M. Carriere's 

 ' Traite General,' ed. 2 (1867), p. 192 et seq., and in Gordon's * Pine- 

 tum.' In addition, there are specimens in the herbaria, and also in 

 gardens, of a curiously twisted form called var. torta by Maximo- 

 wicz. With reference to the variety known as elegans, Gordon, as 

 we have seen, considers it a distinct species, probably on account 

 of its cones, which he describes as similar to those of C. japo- 

 nica ; but the scales are, in general, longer and much thinner. 

 The plant as cultivated, with its more spreading and less " de- 

 current " leaves, which assume a bronzy colour in autumn and 

 winter, suggests the notion that it is an immature, or, as M. 

 Carriere calls it, "larval " form of C.japonica, analogous to those 

 so commonly found in certain forms of Thuya &c. In English- 

 grown cones I have not noted the distinguishing characters 

 pointed out by Mr. Gordon. 0. japonica is described as the 

 largest tree in Japan. 



Taxodium, Fndl. ; Benth. et Hook. 



T. heterophyllum, Brongniart in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 1, vol. xxx. 

 p. 184. 



Thuya lineata, Poiret, Diet. Suppl. v. p. 305. 



T. pensilis, Staunton, Embassy, p. 436. 



Schubertia japonica, Spach, Hist. Veg. Phan. xi. p. 352 (syn- 

 ex Parlatore). 



Glyptostrobus heterophyllus, Fndl. ex Parlatore in DC. Prod. 

 xvi. 2, p. 439. 



In China, Staunton !, Fortune n. 46 !, Reeves ! ; secus vias 

 prope Canton et Whampoa, Hance ! 



The curious Taxodium sinense pendulum = Glyptostrobus pen- 

 dulus, Bot. Mag. t. 5603, is referred by Parlatore to the South- 

 east American T. distichum as var. /3. micropTiyllum. 



Fossil plants referred to the genera Sequoia, Glyptostrobus, 

 and Taxodium are found in Miocene and Eocene deposits. 



