366 RETINOSPORA. 



ceding year's branches. Seeds in twos at the base of eacli 

 scale, with lateral membranaceous wings. 



This kind forms a dense compact pyramidal evergreen bush, 

 Growing from three to six feet high, furnished with short 

 branches down to the ground, and thickly covered with 

 numerous horizontal branchlets and small spray, closely covered 

 with imbricated, more or less glaucous foliage, which gives the 

 plant quite a silvery-gray appearance. 



It is a native of the mountains of Japan, and is much culti- 

 vated in the Japanese gardens about Yeddo, where it is called 

 "Nezu" (dwarf), on account of its low, compact, pyramidal 

 appearance. 



A very desirable plant for small gardens, as it is quite 

 hardy. 



No. 7. E-etinospora lycopodioides, Standish, the Clubmoss- 



like Eetinospora. 



Syn. Retinospora monstrosa, Hort. 



Leaves variously shaped, and densely arranged all round the 

 shoots, those on the upper parts of the principal branchlets 

 being more or less terete-pointed, or bluntly awl-shaped, or 

 slightly flattened on the sides, keeled on the back, and densely 

 arranged more or less spirally all round the branchlets, while 

 those near the base of the principal shoots, and on the lesser 

 spray, are more or less scale-formed, adpressed in opposite 

 pairs, keeled on the back, oval-shaped, closely imbricated, and 

 all of a deep glossy green colour. Branches spreading, and 

 rather slender, with the branchlets and lesser spray scattered 

 irregularly all round, and very dense, especially towards the 

 ends of the branches. Branchlets numerous, short, linear, and 

 thickly placed irregularly along the sides of the lateral 

 branches, with the leading ones frequently confused, and end- 

 ing in a flattened kind of monstrosity, more or less contorted 

 near the points, and densely covered with small pointed scale- 

 like leaves, sometimes more or less glaucous on the under side. 





