90 GLYPTOSTilOBUS. 



length towards the points of the shoots, and spreading out into 

 rather long awl-shaped recurved leaves. Branches, rising up- 

 wards and spreading out at the summits ; branchlets, alternate, 

 stout, and rendered angular by the decurrent base of the leaves; 

 the cone-bearing ones of various lengths, and covered with very- 

 small scale-formed leaves, particularly at the base of the cones. 

 Cones, terminal, egg-shaped or oblong-cylindrical, tapering to 

 both ends, blunt at the apex, and composed of several unequal- 

 sized scales, the smaller ones being towards the base, and all 

 rising from the same point at the base upwards, imbricated and 

 furnished with a stout, short-curved, blunt point on the back 

 near the end of the scale, projecting outwards. 



A small tree or large bush, growing from eight to ten feet 

 high, with a straight stem, and fastigiate head, a little extended 

 at the top, and nearly evergreen. 



It is found in many parts of China, particularly in the pro- 

 vinces of Shan-Tung and Kiang-nan, and is planted along the 

 margins of rice fields about Canton. It is the Chinese Water 

 Pine. 



It is tolerably hardy in England, 



