164 DWABF AND 8L0W-GB0WING CONIFERS 



branchlets, leaving only a very narrow V-shaped depression 

 between the two ranks of leaves. Winter buds round, 

 with loose, rather humped bud scales. 



A form of uncertain origin, usually sent out as a variety 

 of T. cuspidata, which it is not. Professor Sargent informs 

 me that he considers it to be a form of T. baccata, and 

 that he grows it in the Arnold Arboretum. If this form 

 is hardy in Eastern North America, it is interesting, as 

 T. baccata is not generally hardy there, and it is worth 

 considering whether, instead of assigning this form to 

 T. baccata, it should not rather be assigned to T. Cana- 

 densis, Willd. (?). The distinctions between the two 

 species are very slight, but T. Canadensis is undoubtedly 

 hardy in Massachusetts, and the hardiness of this form, 

 together with its dwarf spreading habit and loose-scaled 

 winter buds, point rather to T. Canadensis than to 

 T. baccata. 



T. cuspidata, Sieb. and Zucc. ("Fl. Jap.," t. 128). 



The Japanese yew is now generally recognised as a 

 separate species; its leaves taper more abruptly, and are 

 yellower imderneath than those of baccata, and there are 

 other differences in the buds ; the type sometimes becomes 

 arborescent, throwing up a single leader. 



Leaves about | inch long by about xV inch wide. 



At other times, instead of a leader, it forms a low wide 

 bush; it is then known as var. capitata. This is a male 

 form. 



T. cuspidata, var. nana, Rehder (Bailey, " Cycl. Am. 

 Hort.," iv., 1773, 1902). 



Syn. : var. brevifolia, Hort. 



var. compacta. Bean (ii. 582). 

 This is a widespreading form which does not grow more 

 than 3 to 4 feet high, but, according to Sargent, at times 

 spreads to 15 to 20 feet across. There is a fine and very 

 old specimen of this in the Arnold Arboretum. 



