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A species of which little is known beyond its being found in 

 INIadagascar, and was formerly in the Botanic Garden of the 

 Mauritius, but not yet introduced into England, and, no doubt 

 very tender. 



No. 2. WiDDRiNGTONiA cupRESSoiDES, JEiidHcher. 

 Syn. Thuja cupressoides, Linnaus. 

 „ „ aphylla, Burmann. 

 „ Callitris Capensis, Schrader. 

 „ ,, stricta, Schrader. 

 „ Pachylepis cupressoides, Brongn. 

 „ Callitris cupressoides, Schrader. 



Leaves, on the branches, acute, somewhat spreading at th 

 points ; those on the branchlets, four-rowed, much shorter, 

 and imbricated. Branches, elongated, erect, and pyramidal ; 

 branchlets, slender, bent downwards, or pendant at the ends, 

 and covered with leaves. Cones, ovate-obtuse, from nine to 

 ten lines long, and much larger than those of the Widdring- 

 tonia juniperoides. Valves, woody, slightly convex, pointed, 

 erect, huddled together at the summit, and terminated with a 

 little conical point, sharply keeled on the inner face, and en- 

 closing two seeds. 



A bush, from four to ten feet high, found in the southern 

 parts of the Cape of Good Hope, at elevations of from 1,000 to 

 3,000 feet. 



It is quite tender. 



