516 A HANDBOOK OF CONIFERiE 



Var. ericoides. 



A small plant bearing leaves like those of the seedling, differing 

 from a similar form of T. occidentalis by the absence of a strong 

 odom- when the shoots are bruised. 



Var. falcata. 



Thuya falcata. 



Of dense conical habit, 10-12 ft. high. Spines on the cones 

 sickle-like. 



Var. falcata nana. 

 More dwarf than the last named. 



Var. glauca. 

 Leaves of a glaucous hue. 



Var. globosa. 

 A bush of dwarf, dense, rounded habit. 



Var. gracilis. 



Tliuya freneloidos, Hort. ; T. ueimlensis, Hort. ; Biota oriental is 

 japouica, Hort. 



A distinct variety of globose habit, the lower branches wide 

 spreading, the apex tapering abruptly. The leaves are longer 

 and less closely pressed than in the type, some being awl-shaped. 



Var. Hoveyi, Hort. 

 A variety of dense, compact habit. 



Var. incur vata, Hort. 

 Branches curving inwards and forming a dense, compact bush. 



Var. intermedia. 



Biota orientalis intermedia, Carriere ; B. intermedia, Hort. ; B. 

 pendtda, Endlicher ; Thuya intermedia, Hort. 



A transitional form. Branches elongated, pendent. Leaves 

 of two kinds ; scale-like and appressed, and oval lanceolate, acute 

 and spreading. Cones small, seldom produced. 



Var. meldensis, Carriere. 



Biota meldensis, Lawson ex Gordon ; Retinispora meldensis, Hort. ; 

 Thuya hybrida, Hort. ; T. meldensis, Hort. 



A low pyramidal tree with flexible branches bearing juvenile 

 and occasionally adult leaves which are bluish-green, changing 

 to brown in winter. It is said to have originated at Meaux, 

 France, about 1853 and was for a long time regarded as a hybrid 

 between T. orientalis and Juniperus virginiana. 



