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of what is now generally called T, gigantea. But 

 the original T. plicata having probably died out, 

 the name has now become transferred to a form 

 or variety of T. occidentalis from the Atlantic side 

 of the United States. Both species are repre- 

 sented by a plicata form. Specimens of the 

 original T. plicata from Vancouver are in the 

 Herbarium of the British Museum, so that it is a 

 question whether, strictly speaking, the name T. 

 gigantea should not be superseded by that of T. 

 plicata. The western plant now bearing that 

 name should then be called T. occidentalis var. 

 plicata. 



There are two varieties, T. plicata compacta 

 and T. plicata pendula. 



According to Masters the species and varieties 

 of Thuya may be grouped as follows : 



1. T. OCCIDENTALIS, LinflCBUS 



var. plicata — ^T. plicata, of gardens. 



var. Wareana, 



and very many more. 



2. T. PLICATA, D. Don, in Lambert, Pinus 



T. gigantea, Nuttall, and of gardens. 

 T. plicata, D. Don (without description). 



3. T. JAPONICA, Maximowicz 



T. Standishii, Hort. 



TORRE Y A, Arnott 



THE FETID YEWS 



Flowers dioecious ; males solitary ; females in twos or threes. 

 Fruit drupaceous, one-seeded, fleshy on the outside, and 

 about the size of a nutmeg. 



Seed solitary in each fruit ; albumen ruminate. 



