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long ; scales rounded, glossy, with a bevelled margin ; bracts 

 concealed, very short with a cleft apex. Seed wing decurrent. 



Recognized by its polished, notched, yew-like leaves and 

 hairless shoots. 



This hemlock occm*s wild in the mountain forests of S. Japan, 

 where it has much the same distribution as Abies firma. According 

 to Wilson the finest trees are found in the moist, rich mountain 

 forests of Shikoku, S. Hondo, and Kyushu. 



Wood, light, slow-growing, moderately hard ; heartwood, 

 reddish brown, sapwood lighter. It is sometimes prettily marked 

 and such timber is esteemed for furniture. Its chief uses, how- 

 ever, are for building purposes and paper pulp. The bark is 

 rich in tannin, and it is one of the chief tanning barks of Japan, 



In Britain its use is confined to ornamental planting, and it 

 is generally seen as a bush or a small tree of dense habit. The 

 yew-like foliage is less sombre than that of the common yew, 

 and the habit less stiff, therefore it can be planted with advantage 

 as a change from that tree. It succeeds in any good garden soil 

 where the atmospheric conditions are suitable, and is increased 

 by seeds or cuttings. 



Tsuga yunnanensis, Masters. (Fig. 119.) 

 Yunnan Hemlock. 



Tich sha. 



A tree 100 or more ft. high in China with a trunk up to 20 ft. 

 in girth, and stout branches. Young shoots reddish grey, covered 

 with dense, stiff hairs above. Leaves |-f in. long, rounded or 

 acute, and entire at the apex with two conspicuous white bands 

 of stomata beneath. Cones ovoid, |-| in. long ; scales few, 

 roundish, slightly reflexed at the apex. 



Native of Yunnan and W. Szechuen. According to Wilson 

 it is a much more local tree than T. chinensis, from which it is 

 readily known by its narrower leaves, which are entire and 

 not notched at the apex, and by its smaller, dull-coloured cones. 

 Plants have been introduced under this name, but they are not 

 large enough yet to determine whether they are true to name. 

 The wood is used for shingles, and for building purposes in China. ^ 



We have seen the true Tsuga yunnanensis from the Marquis 

 of Headfort's estate at Headfort, Kells, Ireland, where a young 

 plant appears to be making vigorous growth. 



WIDDRINGTONIA, Endlicher. 

 Cypress Pines. 



Pachylepis, Brongniart. 



S. and Trop. African evergreen trees, or occasionally shrubs, 

 belonging to the tribe Cupressince. and closely alhed to Callitris. 



^Wilson, A Naturalist in China, i, p. 225 (1913). 



