RETINOSPORA. 371 



about Yecldo, where it is called Kwa-liak (flowering tree of 

 life) by the Japanese. 



Retinospora plumosa argentea, Hort., the Silvery Plume- 

 like Japan Cypress. 



The points of the young shoots of this variety are quite white 

 when first they appear, and remain so for about three months, 

 when they gradually change to the usual deep green colour 

 of the species. 



It is a very nice and striking variety. 



No. 11. Retinospora squarrosa, Siebold, the Squarrose- 



leaved Retinospora, 



Syn. Chamsecyparis squarrosa, Endlicher. 

 Cupressus squarrosa, Law-son. 



Leaves spiral, or in alternate whorls, spreading, linear, 

 sharp-pointed, decurrent, dense, smooth, and frequently bent, 

 or curved backwards, but somewhat scale-formed, and slightly 

 adpressed on the male and cone-bearing branchlets ; those on 

 the young plants are longer, linear, sharp-pointed, spreading, 

 reflexed, and bright glaucous green above, and furnished with 

 two white glaucous bands on the under side, and from three to 

 four lines long, and half a line broad. Branches slender, 

 and gracefully curved towards the extremities. Branchlets 

 numerous, spreading in every direction, and thickly furnished 

 with extended leaves. Male and female flowers separate, but 

 on the same plant. Cones globular, solitary, about the size of 

 a small pea, and terminal on the ends of the preceding year's 

 branches. Scales, ten or twelve in number, in opposite decus- 

 sate pairs, at first close, afterwards, when mature, irregularly 

 separated, and spread out, wedge-shaped at the base, extended 

 at the summit, and of a brown colour, with two seeds at the 

 base of each scale, surrounded by a large, membranaceous, 

 brown wing, much broader than the seeds, and irregularly 

 marked with numerous little resinous bands. 



A large bush or small tree, inhabiting the Island of Kiusiu, 



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