Phyllanthus, | MONOECIA MONADELPHIA, 653 
CUPRESSUS. Schreb. gen. N. 1458. 
Male calyx, the scales of the ament, Corol none. Anthers 
four, sessile, without filaments. emale calyx, the scales of 
the aments one-flowered. Corol none. Styles none. Stigma, 
concave dots. Strobile with angular nuts, 
C. sempervirens, Willd, iv. 511. 
Leaves imbricated ; twigs quadrangular. 
Chin, Yeum Fa. 
Hind, Sarass. 
The upright variety is a native of China, and of the north- 
ern mountains of India, and Persia. It does not thrive on. 
the plains of Bengal. 
THUJA. Schreb. gen. N. 1457. 
Male calyx, the scales of the ament. Corel none. Stamina 
four, Female calyx the scales of the ament, two-flowered. 
Corol none. .Pisti/ none, Nut one girt with a membrana- 
ceous wing. 
.T. orientalis, Willd. iv. 509. 
Strobiles squarrose, with sharp scales, Rrenchits cae. 
pital. 
Chin. Piem Fa. 
From China it has been introduced into our garden in In- 
dia, where it rarely grows to more than eight or ten feet in 
height, is yery ramous, and spreads nearly as much as its 
height, | 
: sania Selec on N. 1412. 
Male calyx from four to six-leaved, or from four to six- 
parted. Clorof none. Nectary from four to six scales, Sta-_ 
mina various. Female calyx and nectary as in the male. — 
Germ PRs Se y three-celled; cells two-seeded, at- 
