3G BIOTA. 



branches, and composed of from four to six scales. Scales, exter- 

 nally convex, smooth, terminating near the apex in a stout 

 recurved blunt point. Seeds, ovate, slightly angular, and 

 wingless. 



A bush or small tree, with a straight stem and very long 

 slender drooping branches ; growing 10 or 15 feet high, and 

 perfectly hardy, but subject to vary in the appearance and size 

 of its branchlets according to soil and situation. It is found 

 growing spontaneous on the Hakone mountains in Japan, but is 

 cultivated universally all over Japan and the northern parts of 

 China, on account of its graceful appearance. It is also said to 

 be found in Tartary and Nepal, but on very doubtful authority. 

 It was also stated, some years ago, to be a hybrid raised by the 

 Loddiges, between a Red Cedar and a Chinese Arbor- Vitae, in 

 their nursery at Hackney ; and, singular as it may appear, the 

 same was said by some person in France, only that in this case 

 the hybrid was raised between the common Cypress and Chinese 

 Arbor- Vitae. Dr. Siebold, however, having discovered the plant 

 in a wild state in Japan, soon dispelled such absurd statements. 



No. o. Biota Tatarica, Loudon, the Tartarian Arbor- Vitse. 

 Syn. Thuja Tatarica, Loddiges. 



„ „ Orientalis Tatarica, Lawson. 



„ Biota pyramidalis. Carrier e. 



„ Thuja Australis, Hort. 

 Leaves, in opposite pairs, scale-formed, and in four rows, those 

 on the branches rather distant, decurrent, and sharp-pointed, 

 while those on the branchlets are more closely and regularly 

 imbricated, ovate, and blunt-pointed ; the marginal pair folding 

 over on each side, with the upper and under ones flattened, 

 channelled along the back, and deep, glossy green. Branches, 

 erect, stiff, and compact, lesser ones spread out sideways, and 

 flat ; branchlets, crowded towards the extremity of the branches, 

 stout, short, numerous, pressed flat, and spread out straight. 

 Cones, solitary at the ends of the smaller branchlets, mostly 

 composed of eight scales, in alternate pairs, the two lower ones 



