48 CONIFEROUS TREES 



ornamental variety. The branches are Hthe and 

 weak, irregular as to length and arrangement, and 

 having short, closely incurved leaves of a dull green 

 colour, and so thickly and shortly set as to appear 

 in a spiral manner throughout the entire length. 



C. JAPONICA viRiDis is of a much darker green 

 than the typical form. 



CUNNINGHAMIA, R. Brown 



Flowers monoecious. 



Cones globular or ovoid ; sometimes with the axis elongated 

 into a leafy shoot. 



Scales without bracts, acute-pointed. 



Seeds, three under each scale, winged, pendulous. 



Leaves lanceolate, flat. 



Cotyledons, two. 



A medium-sized evergreen tree from China, nearly allied 

 to Araucaria. 



CuNNiNGHAMiA SINENSIS, R. Byowu. (Syn- 

 onyms : Belis jacuHfolia, Salisbury ; Pinus lanceo- 

 lata, Lambert.) Southern China. 1804. — This tree 

 is of too tender constitution for the climate of 

 Britain generally, still in certain favoured localities, 

 particularly within the influence of the sea, it 

 does very well, and forms a handsome specimen, 

 which for distinct appearance and beauty of 

 foliage has few equals amongst coniferous trees. 

 In no other conifer with which I am acquainted 

 is there so diverse an appearance of foliage, the 

 pleasant pale green of the younger f oHage affording 

 a striking contrast to the deep, almost yew-green 

 of the older leaves. 



As an ornamental tree of very unusual appear- 

 ance, the Cunninghamia should find a well-chosen 



