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Carriere notes that this plant is affected by climate, 

 old specimens at Meux retaining all their characteristics, 

 while on similar plants at Hyeres scale-like leaves 

 predominated. 



This interesting form was raised from seed of T. orientalis 

 collected in 1852 in the cemetery of Trelbardon, near 

 Meux, France, and was raised by Monsieur Athanase 

 Cauchoise. It was for some time the subject of con- 

 troversy, and was supposed to be a hybrid of the thuya 

 and Juniperus Virginiana which was growing beside it. 



T. orientalis, var. juniperoides, Ascherson and Graeb. 

 ("FL," i. 241, 1897). 



Syn. : Betinospora juniperoides, Carr. (" Conif .,'* 



2nded., 140, 1867). 

 E. rigida, Carr. {MSS.). 

 R. decurvata, Hort. 

 R. squarrosa, Hort. (not Zucc). 

 Juniperus ericoides. Hort. 

 Cupressus ericoides, Hort. 

 CJmmcBcyparis decussata, Hort. 

 Biota orientalis decussata, Beiss. and Hochst. 



(i. 58, 1891). 

 Frenela glauca, Hort (not ]\Iirb.). 



Carriere describes this as a very bushy shrub, forming 

 a wide, short, compact column roundly obtuse on top. 

 Branches semi-erect, very crowded. Branchlets and 

 sprays excessively numerous (almost touching), erect, 

 cylindrical. Leaves acicular, opposite, decussate, 

 spreading almost at right angles. About 6 to 10 mm. in 

 length, stiff, persistent a long time. Glaucous or bluish- 

 green in colour. Upper side flat or shghtly concave; 

 thick and roundish below, marked with two very narrow 

 glaucous lines, sometimes barely observable. Enlarged 

 at the base, tapering regularly to apex, which is stiff and 

 sharp -pointed. Japan (?). Introduced 1852. Very hardy. 



To this fuU description of Carriere' s I have little to add. 

 One point to be noted is that, in common with aU other 



