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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III. 



2334 



App. 



Hynonymc. Fi-moro, Kcemj)f. Aman., p. £83. 



Engravings. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., t. 66. ; Staunt. Embass., t. 41. ; our fig. 2S?2. to our usual scale ; 

 figs. 2333. of the natural size; smdfig. 2334. showing parts of the shoots magnified. 



^pec. Char., ^c. Branchlets 2-edged, leafy ; the oldest very long, pendulous ; 

 the younger short, alternate, 2-rowed, spreading. {Lamb.) A tree, with a 

 large expanded head. Branches diehotomous, loose, leafless, much divided : 

 branchlets long, compressed, pendulous, closely covered with leaves; again 

 divided, secondary branchlets short, spreading. Leaves imbricated in + rows, 

 rather stera-clasping, and triquetrous ; keeled, adpressed. Male catkins 

 numerous, ovate, more than one line long, solitary on the a|)ex of the 

 branches, sessile; female depressed, surrounded by spreading leaves, termi- 

 nating the very short inferior branchlet*. Cone brownish, about the size 

 of a sloe. Scales 8-angled; mucros obtuse. Seeds yellowish. {Lamb.) A 

 tree, a native of China, said to have been introduced in 1808, but re- 

 specting which we know nothing with certainty. The pendulous cyprefs, 

 or Thuja, at Chelsea, and in the Kew arboretum, may possibly be the same as Thunberg's plant. 



i. Kinds of Ciiprhms of 'which thei'e are Plants in British 

 Gardens^ but of "which very little is hw-wn. 



C. harizonttUis Audibert. This plant has been already referred to, p. 2465 , as being considered by 

 some to be the same as the spreading variety of C. sempervlrens ; and by others, as a distinct species. 

 As it has produced cones exactly resembling those of C. sempervlrens, we have no doubt of its being 

 only the spreading variety of that species. The tree in the Horticultural Society's Garden, received 

 from Audibert in IS2.J, is now 6 ft. high, of vigorous growth, and with spreading branches. 



C. expdnsa Audibert, ? C. expnnsa Hort. Par. The tree received from Audibert's Nursery at 

 Tarascon in 1834, and now in the Horticultural Society's Garden, was, in 1837, 2 ft. high. The C. 

 expansaof the Hor/. Par. is C. a. horizontalis. 



C. FothergUix Lee. A plant under this name is in the Horticultural Society's Garden, which was 

 received from the Hammersmith N'urserv in 1834. It is now 2 ft high, and is found rather tender. 



C. Ihurifera. A plant in the Horticultural Society's Garden, bearing this name, is only a few 

 inches high. 



C. TournefurtW Audibert. The plant bearing this name in the Horticultural Society's Garden, 

 received from Audibert in 1834, is 2 ft. high. 



C. baccifdrmis Willd. A hardy tree, 20 ft. high. Introduced in 1818. 



C. australis Pers. A shrub, with slender branches, a native of Kew Holland, and rather tender. 



Before anything can be determined with certainty respecting the above kinds, they must have 

 produced fruit ; and, consequently, several years must elapse. Most of them are probably only 

 synonymes to species of Cupressus above described, or of some of the kinds of Juniperus which will 

 hereafter be given. 



App. ii. Kinds qfCupressns not yet introduced. 



C. nootkaUnsis Lamb. Branchlets tetragonal. Leaves broad-ovate, acute, convex on the 

 back, imbricated in 4 rows, adpressed. Galbulus globose, almost sessile. Scales l)ossed, smooth, 

 (Lamb. Pin., ii. No. 60.) A tree. Branches round, spreading, scaly from the withered leaves, 

 covered with a brownish bark. Branches numerous, somewhat distant, tetragonal, short, spreading. 

 Leaves broad-ovate, acute, very thick, glabrous, shining, closely adpressed, imbricated in 4 rows, 

 convex on the back; adult ones shortly awl-shaped at the apex. Galbulus globose, lateral, the size of 

 a wild cherry, covered with a glaucous hue, on a very short scaly footstalk, similar to a branchlet; 

 scales trapezoidal, peltate, smooth, bos.sed in the centre. (Lamb.) Discovered by Mr. Menzies, in 

 Nootka Sound, on the north-west coast of North America. 



C. Japdnica Thunb. Jap., p. 265., Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 513., Lin. Supp., p. 421. Leaves 4-rowed, 

 compressed, furrowed, decurrent. {Thunb.) 



Genus XII. 



TAXO'DIUM Rich. The Taxodium, or Decidvou.^ Cyphess. lAn. Sr/xt. 

 Monce'cia Monadelphia. 



Identification. Rich. Conif., p. 143. ; Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 2. 

 Synonymes. Cupressus /,., Schubert/fl Mirb., Condylocarpus Salisb. 

 Derivation. From taxus, the yew, and eidos, like ; the trees resembling the yew. 



Description. Loft}-, deciduous, and evergreen trees, natives of the southern 

 part of North America ; separated from the genus Cupressus, principally be- 

 cause the male catkins are disposed in loose spreading bunches, instead of 

 being solitary and terminal ; and because the female catkins are roundish and 

 scaly, like the mal^, and each scale has only 2 perfect flowers. The genus is 

 also distinguished by the embryo having from 5 to 9 cotyledons. The species 

 are generally propagated by seeds, and the varieties by cuttings or layers. 



