51-2 SKETCH OF THE CONIFERS OF JAPAN, 



base, sliglitly emarginate at the apex ; margius entire, substriated 

 where exposed. Bracts (fig. 152) short, rather broad, closely 

 adpressed, bifid or bilobed from the midribj not extending so 

 far as its 'wings on each side. Seeds (fig. 153) small, ovato-rhom- 

 boidal, inequilateral, some^vhat compressed, with depressed spots 

 of various size on the test, and -with globules of resin shining 

 through the shin ; the ^Ying pale, ferruginous, membranaceous, 

 straight behind, abruptly expanded from the seed in front, thence 

 obliijuely directed to the apex, wliicli is sub-truncate, nearly a 

 third shorter than the scale. 



This species has much affinity to Abies {Tsuga) Canadensis and 



A Brunoniana, but is C[uite distinct. It differs from the former 



in its leaves being emarginate instead of simply obtuse without 



emargination, its male catkins being cylindrical instead of globose, 



and in their not having so long a stalk ; in the scales of the cones 



being nearly orbicular, instead of having a broad wedge-shaped 



base ; and in having the bracts of the cones irregularly bifid, 



instead of being entii'e truncate and irregularly crenate. From 



A, Brunoniana it also differs in having its leaves emarginate, 



whilst that species has them obtuse, and never emarginate, and 



has the margins slightly serrulate. A. Brunoniana, moreover, 



has the scales of the cones wholly orbicular, without any slender 



attenuated base or footstalk, and has the bracts substipitate, 

 entire, and truncate. 



This species is found in the mountainous parts of the provinces 

 of Mutsa and Dewa, but is everywhere rare throughout Japan. 

 Two varieties are known, of which one is chiefly distinguished by 

 its very short leaves, and thence derives the name of Hime or 

 Fime Tsuga, which means dwarf Tsuga. Siebold saw the two 

 varieties only in the gardens and shrubberies surrounding the 

 temples. The larger variety resembles in its habit the Canadian 

 or Hemlock Spruce, and attains the height of 25 feet. Its 

 yellowish-brown wood is in much rec[uest ; small dinner-plates, 

 and various other little utensils are made of it. The dwarf 

 variety does not exceed S or 3 feet in height. Both vai'ieties, 

 transplanted by Siebold into the garden of Dezima, lived there 



with difficulty. 



According to Siebold, the Japanese botanists often confound 

 this species with the Araragi (Taxus cxispidata); h\xt ihe Ahies 

 Araragi mentioned by Siebold in his Synopsis Plantarum CEco- 

 nomicarum, is nothing but the A. Tsuga. 



