Homeane. N. O. Conifere. 
TAB. DCLXVIII. 
CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA. Don. 
Gen. Cnar. Amenta mascula spicata: Squame antherifere, 
rotundate, appresse imbricatie, sessiles, Antherarum thece 5, 
connate! basi squamarum omnino adnate, antice foramine 
amplo dehiscentes. Ovula erecta. Strobili solitarii, globosi, 
squarrosi: sguamis e pericarpio 3-6-dentato bracteaque lan- 
ceolata acuminata inferne concretis compositis. Semina 4 
v. 6, compresso-angulata, vix alata. 
Arbor Japonica (et Chinensis) procera, sempervirens. Folia 
Jere omnino_ Araucarie Cunninghamii, 5-fariam ordinata, 
subulata, viridia, verticaliter compressa, vix pollicaria, Amenta 
mascula in spicam terminalem aggregata; foeminea solitaria 
globosa. 
Cryptomeria Japonica. Don, in Linn. Trans. v. 18. p. 167. 
13, f. 1 
f.1357. 1 
Cupressus Japonica. Linn. Fil. Suppl. p. 421. Thunb. Jap. 
- 265. 
San, vulgo Sangi. Kempf. Amen. p. 883. 
Han. Island of Nipon, and mountains about Nangasaki, Japan. 
Kempfer, Thunberg. China (probably Macao), Chas. Millett, 
Esq. ; Chusan, Capt. Sir Everard Home, R. N. 
My first knowledge of this plant was from a fine specimen, 
but without flower or fruit, sent to me by Mr. Millett from Macao. 
More recently I have received specimens, with cones, from Sir 
Everard Home, gathered at Chusan, and it is from them that 
the present figure is made. I do not, however, possess any male 
catkins; and my female ones, at any rate seed-bearing scales, 
differ considerably from those represented by Mr. David Don: 
ve a prominent keel on the under side, and I find but 
two seeds attached to each ; and so similar is the general nature 
of their strobili to those of Tazxodium, that I should be almost 
inclined to place the tree in that genus. The species is unques- 
tionably the same as Mr, Don’s, and has probably an extensive 
range. The leaves are distinctly seen to be 4-angled, with 
@ groove or furrow between the angles, and the base of the 
lower angle is singularly decurrent upon the branches. 
Fig. 1. Portion of a branch with leaves. f. 2. Scale from a 
_ strobilus seen from the back. /. 3. Side view of ditto with one 
seed. f. 4. Under side of scale. J. 5. seed :—magnified. 
