THE DECIDUOUS CYPRESS. 309 



No. 3. Taxodium Sinense, Noisette, the Chinese Deciduous 



Cypress. 

 Syn. Taxodium Sinense pendulum, Forbes. 

 „ „ distichum pendulum, Loudon. 



„ „ „ nutans, London. 



„ „ „ Sinense, Loudon. 



„ Glyptostrobus pendulus, Endlicher. 

 „ Cupressus disticha nutans, Alton. 



Leaves, alternate, linear-lanceolate, distant, and deciduous ; 

 from three to six lines long, without any footstalks at the base, 

 and tapering into a sharp point at the summit ; those on the 

 young shoots in the early part of the season, are twisted, and 

 compressed round the stem, but more expanded and spread 

 out, like those of the common deciduous Cypress by the 

 autumn. Branches, horizontal, spread out straight, or slightly 

 bent downwards towards the extremities, with the young shoots 

 slender, pendulous, and closely covered with light green leaves, 

 which fall off during winter, and frequently the ends of the 

 young shoots get killed at the same time by the cold. Cones, 

 ovate, or somewhat globular, woody, and light brown. Scales, 

 mncronate, and peltate, with two seeds at their base. 



A very elegant small tree, growing from twelve to twenty 

 feet high ; found in the Northern parts of China, and probably 

 in Japan, growing in swampy places. 



It is quite hardy. 



