TSUGA SIEBOLDII. 



473 



Tsuga Sieboldii, Carriere, Traite Conif. ed. I. 186 (1855) ; and ed II 245 (1867) 



oc. XVIII. 512; a 

 Reiches ' 59 > Tafel 



(m part) Masters in Journ. Linn. Soc. XVIII. 512; and Journ. R. Hort. Soc. 

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vn i Qo- > - fig. 12. Beissner, 



Nadelholzk. 394, with hgs. 



T. Araragi, Sargent in Garden and Forest, X. 491, fig. 62. 



Abies Tsuga, Siebold and Zuccarini, Fl. Jap. II. 14, t. 106 (1842). Murray Pines 

 and Firs of Japan, 84, Avith figs (in part). Gordon, Pinet. ed. II. 32 (in part) 



Pmus Tsuga, Endliclier, Synops. Conif. 83 (1847). Parlatore, D. C. Prodr. XVI 428 

 (in part). 



Eng. Japanese Hemlock Fir. Fr. Tsuga du Japon. Germ. Japanische Hemlocks- 

 tanne. Jap. Tsuga Araragi. 



As already stated under Tsuga diversifolia there are two species of 

 Tsuga endemic in Japan, or two easily distinguishable forms recognised 

 as such, of which T. Sieboldii became known to science many years 



Fig. 118. Branchlet and cone of Tsuga Sieboldii. 



before the second species was admitted. It was discovered by the 

 eminent traveller whose name it bears during his residence in Japan, 

 1823 1830, and was introduced by him into European gardens 

 shortly after the establishment of his Jardin d'Acclimatation at Leyden 

 in Holland in 1850. T. Sieboldii takes the place of T. diversifolia 

 south of Nikko, ascending in places to a considerable elevation, 

 nowhere forming a continuous forest, but scattered in groves among 

 deciduous trees or mixed with Pinus densiflora. Like most of the 

 native trees it has been planted for ornament or utility in numberless 

 places so that its original geographical limits have long since been 



