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the leaves, though very minute, are comparatively 

 broad and round, and shaped like a J nib ; the leaves are 

 tightly appressed to the stem of the apex — the nib point 

 is slightly incurved, the tip pressing hard against the 

 stem. In the Leonardslee plant the leaves are half as 

 small again, and narrower, tapering gradually from base to 

 apex, not suddenly cut away on each side like a nib ; they 

 lie loosely up against the stem, and the apices of the 

 leaves at the ends of terminal shoots are usually not 

 touching the stems but free. The branchlet sprays are 

 much finer and flatter than those of vars. nana or minima, 

 and instead of being shaped like a goose feather, are 

 wider near the tip than in the middle. The sprays are 

 from 4 to 6 inches long by 2 to 2| inches at their widest. 



The plant has made a small pyramid, and its general 

 appearance at first sight is very like that of the dwarf 

 forms of Juniperis sabina, and I would suggest that 

 it is probably C. Lawsoniana, var. juniperoides, Kent 

 (Veitch, "Man. Conif.," 1900, 206), which he describes 

 as having " growths very slender with minute leaves 

 resembling those of a Savin juniper "; but he adds that 

 the " axial growths are conspicuous by their yellowish 

 tint." This does not seem to be the case on the specimens 

 sent to me from Leonardslee. 



C. Lawsoniana, var. lycopodioides, Beiss. (ii. 551); Tott 

 (ex " Mitt. d. d. d. Ges.," 1896, 54). 



A most extraordinary form ; possibly the most distinct 

 of all varieties of the Lawson cypress. If a normal young 

 branch spray of any other of its forms be examined, it 

 will be observed that the main central stem of the branch- 

 let, where the growth is young, consists of a thin green 

 stem covered with long leaves in opposite pairs and 

 appressed to the stem for practically their whole length, 

 the leaf tips alone being sometimes free. These pairs of 

 leaves are set far apart from one another, the decurrent 

 bases of one pair issuing from the tips of a lower pair, and 



