20 ACTINOSTROBUS. 



appearance and habit of the Hemlock Sprnce (Abies Canaden- 

 sis), but with the timber of a yellowish colour. 



It is found in the northern provinces of Japan, on the moun- 

 tains of ' Matsraai ' and ' Dewa/ but is planted in gardens, 

 and used for thickets in the neighbourhood of Temples, parti- 

 cularly the dwarf variety, called ' Hime,' or ' Fime-Tsuga,' 

 (dwarf- Tsuga.) 



This sort is not yet introduced into England. 



Gen, ACTINOSTROBUS. Miquel. 



Flowers, monoecious, or male and female on the same plant, 

 but separate and terminal ; the male catkins egg-shaped, or 

 somewhat globular, the female ones solitary and globular. 



Cones, somewhat globular, solitary, and composed of 6 scales, 

 disposed in two vertical sets at the base, and woody. 



Valves or Scales, convex on the back, those at the base much 

 the shortest, with the interior ones much the largest. 



Seeds, in twos, under each of the upper scales, three-edged, 

 and winged on each side. 



Seed-leaves, in twos. 



Leaves, persistent, scale-formed, very small, in whorls of three 

 stiff, and very acute pointed. 



Name derived from aKTi<i (aktis), a ray, and crTpol3o<; (stro- 

 bus), a cone ; the scales radiated. 



A pyramidal bush, found on the south-west coast of New 

 Holland. 



ACTINOSTROBUS PYRAMiDALis, Miqucl, the Swan River Cypress. 



Leaves, in threes, vertical, very small, scale-formed, three- 

 cornered, ovate, acute-pointed, rigid, decurrent at the base, and 

 slightly spreading at the points. Branches, alternate, ascending, 

 slightly spreading out at the extremities, very numerous, long, 

 and sliglitly angular ; branchlets, dense dark-green, and having 



