CUNNINGHAMIA. 55 



CuNNiNGHAMiA SINENSIS, R. Broicu. The Chinese Cunning- 



hamia. 

 Syn. Cunninghamia lanceolata. Van Houtte. 

 Belis jaculifolia, Salisbury, 



„ lanceolata, Sweet. 

 Abies lanceolata, Desfontaines. 

 Pinus lanceolata, Lambert. 

 Araucaria lanceolata, Hort. 



Leaves, lanceolate, quite entire, flat, sessile, spreading, rigid, 

 pungent, bent downwards, one inch and a half long, and disposed 

 all round the branches and stems, except on the old lateral ones, 

 where they are arranged in two rows. Branches, generally in 

 whorls; lower ones horizontal, but those near the top ascending. 

 Branchlets, opposite, in two rows, and spreading. Male catkins 

 terminal in clusters, cylindrical, and near an inch long. Cones, 

 globular, three or four together, but sometimes solitary, sessile, 

 drooping, smooth, and about the size of a walnut. Scales, 

 ovate, tapering to a sharp point, leathery, sharply denticulated 

 on the margins, thin, and free at the points. 



A middle-sized evergreen tree, growing from 30 to 40 feet 

 high, and very much resembling the Brazilian Araucaria in 

 appearance. It is found plentiful in the southern parts of China, 

 and cultivated in Japan. Its Chinese name is * San-Shu. ' 

 There is the following variety. 



Cunninghamia Sinensis glauca, Hort. 

 This variety differs from the species in having its leaves on 

 the branchlets of a glaucous colour. 



