1 1 86 The Trees of Great Britain and Ireland 



i. Var. breviramea, Masters, mjourn. Linn. Soc. (Bot.) xxxi. 355 (1896). 



Vxt.filicoides, Masters, in Kew Handlist Com/. 45 (1896). 



Chamacyparis breviramea, Maximowicz, Mil. Biol. vi. 25 (1866); Beissner, Nadelhohkunde, 97 



(1891). 

 Thuya obtusa, Masters, var. breviramea, Masters, mjourn. Linn. Soc. {Bot.) xviii. 494 (1881). 

 Thuya obtusa, Masters, var. filicoides, Masters, mjourn. Linn. Soc. {Bot.) xviii. 494, fig. 5 (1881). 

 Rctinispora Jilicoides, Veitch, ex Gordon, Pinetum, 363 (1:875); Syme, in Gard. Chron. v. 235, 



fig. 40 (1876). 

 Retinispora Nobleana, Beissner, Nadelhohkunde, 94 (1891). 



Denser and dwarfer in habit, with sub-opposite oblong branchlet systems, 

 composed of short equal closely-set opposite pinnae. Ultimate branchlets tetra- 

 gonal, scarcely compressed. Leaves nearly equal in four ranks, ovate, obtuse, often 

 glandular. The foliage is usually dark green, but is occasionally marked with white 

 streaks beneath. The' cones are similar to, but slightly smaller than those of 

 the type. 



Maximowicz saw this peculiar form wild on the northern shore of the island 

 of Kiusiu, but states that it is often cultivated in gardens at Tokyo. It was intro- 

 duced 1 by J. Gould Veitch in 186 1. A small tree of this variety is growing well at 

 Tregothnan ; and at Haldon, Exeter, it is about 20 ft. high and was bearing yellow 

 staminate flowers in April 1908. 



2. Var. tetragona aurea, Masters, mjourn. Linn. Soc. {Bot.) xxxi. 355 (1896). 



Var. Jilicoides aurea, Kent, Veitch's Man. Com/. 221 (1900). 



Retinispora tetragona aurea, Kent, Veitch's Man. Com/. 250 (1881). 



Chamacyparis obtusa, Siebold et Zuccarini, var. tetragona aurea, Beissner, Nadelhohkunde, 95 (1891). 



A dwarf form, with tufted branchlet systems, the pinnae of which arise at varying 

 angles in different planes. Ultimate branchlets tetragonal, scarcely compressed ; 

 leaves nearly uniform, ovate, acute, spreading at the tips. Young shoots golden 

 yellow, becoming dark green in the second year. 



This originated in the Elvaston Nursery in 1873, and obtained a first-class 

 certificate at the Royal Horticultural Society in 1876. It is very slow in growth, 

 a plant at Castlewellan being only 5 ft. high after twenty years' growth. 2 



3. Var. lycopodioides, Masters, mjourn. Linn. Soc. (Bot.) xxxi. 355 (1896). 



Retinispora lycopodioides, Standish, ex Gordon, Pinet. Suppl. 92 (1862). 



Retinispora monstrosa, Gordon, loc. cit. 



Thuya obtusa, Masters, var. lycopodioides mjourn. Linn. Soc. {Bot.) xviii. 493 (1881). 



Chamacyparis obtusa, Siebold et Zuccarini, var. lycopodioides, Carriere, Com/ 132 (1867). 



A dwarf form with rigid branches. Branchlet systems closely set, overlapping, 

 but tending to be in one plane. Ultimate branchlets fasciated, crowded with 

 closely appressed, elongated, obtuse leaves in many ranks. Foliage dark green 

 in colour. 



According to Gordon this was sent by Fortune to the Bagshot Nursery 

 in 1 86 1 ; but it is stated by J. H. Veitch 3 to have been introduced in the 



1 Hortus Veitchii, 339 (1906). 2 Earl Annesley, Beautiful Trees, 74 (93)- 



5 Hortus Veitchii, 339 (1906). 



