320 THUIOPSIS. 



lesser or lateral ones flattened, with the branchlets placed in 

 two rows ; branchlets, two-edged, very numerous, alternate, 

 flattened, and irregularly di\dded. Cones, very small, ovate, 

 without any footstalks, and squarrose, consisting of eight or ten 

 woody scales, reflexed at the apex, and covering five two- 

 winged seeds. 



A tall evergreen tree, with a pyramidal-shaped head, and 

 vertical branches drooping towards the points. 



It is found on the moist slopes of valleys in the Island of 

 Niphon, in Japan, and at Fakonia, where, after passing over the 

 mountains of that name on the road to Jeddo, it is planted by 

 the road sides between Miaco and Jeddo. It is also cultivated 

 in pots by the Japanese, and a dwarf kind is said to exist in 

 Japan, under the name of ' Nezu,' which is used for pot culture, 

 but probably not difierent from the species. Professor Thun- 

 berg says in the countries of ^ Oygawa ' and ' Fakonia,' it is 

 plentiful along the high roads, particularly on the hill sides, and 

 that it is of vast height and dimensions, and the most beautiful 

 of all evergreen trees. 



The Japanese call it ' Asunaro ' or ' Asufi,' and ' Hiba^' and 

 the Chinese ' Rakan-hac,' and ' Gan-si-hak.' 



It no doubt will prove hardy in England. 



