370 RETINOSPOEA. 



shaped, and resinous at the base, attenuated, and spread out 

 horizontal at the apex, dilated, raised in the centre, woody, 

 and of a yellowish-brown colour, with a smooth surface. 

 Seeds in twos at the base of each scale, with large mem- 

 branaceous brownish wings, frequently much broader than the 

 seeds. 



A much smaller tree, and slenderer than Retinospora obtusa, 

 with its stem much less elevated, and darker-coloured bark, 

 found on the mountains of Yokohama and Karagan, in the 

 Island of Niphon, in Japan, where it is called " Sawara/" 



No. 10. Retinospora plumosa, Hovt., the Plume-like Japan 



Cypress. 



Syn. Retinospora pisifera plumosa, Hort. 



Leaves small, awl-shaped, stiff, erectly spreading, in opposite 

 cross pairs, very acute and spiny pointed, concave and glaucous 

 on the upper surface, rounded and deep green on the back, 

 decurrent and glaucous at the base, and about one line long. 

 Branches numerous, erectly spreading, and thickly furnished 

 with branchlets. Branchlets slender, very numerous, short, 

 dense, compact, and thickly clothed with small, acute leaves, 

 more or less glaucous when young. 



A very dense, erect, and elegant shrub or small tree, with a 

 plume-like appearance, found in the neighbourhood of Yeddo, 

 in Japan, where it is much cultivated by the Japanese in their 

 gardens. 



It is quite hardy, and has the following varieties. 



Retinospora plumosa aurea, Hovt, the Golden Plume-like 



Japan Cypress. 



Syn. Retinospora pisifera aurea, Hovt. 



This is a very elegant variety, with all the leading points of 

 the branchlets and lesser spray of a fine golden colour, which 

 they retain all the year round. 



It was found by Mr. Fortune cultivated in the gardens 



