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most beautiful plant; it, however, dislikes cutting winds 

 or hot suns, and desires a sheltered situation. 

 My best specimen is now 2 feet 10 inches by 2 feet. 



T. orientalis, var. filiformis, Henk. and Hochst., and 

 forma stricta. 



Syn. : Biota pendula stricta, Endl. 



One of the most distinct forms, but not one of the most 

 beautiful. Normal fohage is entirely absent, being re- 

 placed by elongated branchlets covered with narrow 

 appressed scale-Kke fohage similar to Chamcecyparis 

 pisifera, var. filifera. In var. filiformis the branches are 

 pendulous ; in the form stricta the branches are erect, being 

 maintained in a shapely round head by the denseness of 

 their growth. The leaves are minute, in opposite pairs, 

 and have long decurrent bases, their tips only being free. 



Colour yellow- green ; not very hardy, and disUkes cold 

 spring winds. 



My best specimen is a good-sized globular bush about 

 3 feet by 3 feet. In the form tetragona the plant makes 

 a rounder bush, nearer in shape to var. orientalis aurea. 

 The leaves are ascending and sharp-pointed; the branches 

 are tetragonal. 



T. orientalis, var. intermedia, Masters (Kas. Hand-hst, 



"Conif.," 57, 1903). 



Syn. : Biota orientalis intermedia, Carr. (" Man. des 

 Plantes," 322) (not Gord.). 

 Biota pendula, Endl., var. intermedia, Hort. 



A vigorous, diffuse shrub. Branches very wide- 

 spreading. Branchlets lengthened, cyhndrical, pendent. 

 Leaves scale-hke, opposite, decussate; swollen and de- 

 current at base, more or less loose at apex. Mucronate; 

 pointed; distant on branches and branchlets, closer on 

 sprays; long, persistent. This variety is indistinct, 

 although related to var. pendula. 



Carriere states that at Huber and Co.'s Nurseries at 

 Hyeres it made round and compact bushes. 



