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of Orleans, and further states (ex Mayr, in " Abiet. de 

 Japan," 1890, p. 94) that var. brevifolia is cultivated in 

 Japan in three forms: (1) One with shorter leaves with 

 white-yellow variegated leaves; (2) var. oculis draconis, 

 a spotted form ; (3) var. tortusa, with recurving, cockscomb- 

 like leaves. 



P. parviflora, var. nana, Carr. (ii. 385, 1867). 

 Syn. : Hhne-gojo-matsu (Japan). 



Carriere describes this as having few, short, and erect 

 branches. Leaves much shorter than the type. A 

 delicate, not very vigorous plant. 



The only plant of this variety that I have seen in culti- 

 vation is in my own garden. It was imported from 

 Japan by a nurseryman, and is now about thirty years old. 

 I ascribe its lack of vigour to the probability of its being 

 grafted upon an uncongenial stock — possibly P. Thunbergii. 

 Its leaves are less curved, much finer, and rather shorter 

 than those of var. brevifolia, and its leaf bundles are much 

 looser. It does not appear to retain its foliage for more 

 than one season, and its habit is very thin and open. It 

 has made a minute flat-topped bush 18 by 21 inches. 



P. pentaphylla, Mayr. 



Of this, Beissner (ii. 356), quoting Mayr ('' Abiet. de 

 Japan," p. 94), gives two dwarf forms — var. brevifolia and 

 var. tortusa, but since P. pentaphylla differs but shghtly 

 from P. parviflora, except in the size of its cones, and as 

 these dwarf forms rarely bear cones, it is impossible, in 

 the absence of mention of any points of distinction, to 

 say whether these two alleged forms of P. pentaphylla 

 differ from, or are identical with, the dwarf forms of 

 P. parviflora. 



P. pumila, Kegel (" BuUet. Soc. Nat. de Mosk.," i. 211 ). 



Syn. : P. Cembra pumila, Pall. 

 P. pygmcea, Fisch. 

 P. Cembra nana, Hort. 



