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slender habit. Var. Alumii, Beissn. Of columnar habit, 

 foliage very glaucous, with a bluish metallic hue. The 

 best blue columnar form. Var. argentea, Beissn. 

 (Cupressus Lawsoniana argentea, Gord.). Of slender 

 habit, with very glaucous, almost silvery foliage. Var. 

 erecta viridis, Beissn. Dense, columnar habit and 



bright green foli- 

 age. One of the 

 most beautiful va- 

 rieties, but some- 

 what tender. G.W. 

 14, p. 601. M.D.G. 

 1909:45. G.M.51: 

 511. F. 1871, p. 92. 

 Var. erecta glauca, 

 Beissn. Similar in 

 habit, but with 

 glaucous foliage. 

 Var. filiformis, 

 Beissn. Branches 

 elongated, some- 

 what pendulous, 

 with few lateral 

 branchlets, of low, 

 globular habit. 

 Var. glauca, Beissn. 

 Foliage of metallic 

 glaucous tint. One 

 of the hardier forms. 

 G.M.53:832. Var. 

 gracilis, Beissn. 

 (var. gracilis pen- 

 dula, Hort.). Ele- 

 gant light green 

 form, with graceful, 

 pendulous branch- 

 lets. Var. inter- 

 texta, Beissn. Glau- 

 cous form, of vigor- 

 ous growth, with remote, pendulous branches and 

 distant, thickish branchlets. Beissner 550. Var. lutea, 

 Beissn. Of compact habit, young growth clear yellow. 

 G.C. III. 20:721. J.H.S. 1902, p. 426, fig. 110. Var. 

 nana, Beissn. (C. Boursieri nana, Carr.). Dwarf, 

 globose habit (Beissner 553), with some variegated 

 and glaucous forms. Var. pendula, Beissn. With pen- 

 dulous branches. Mn. 1:43. F.E. 27:187. Gt. 1890, 

 p. 449. Var. pyramidalis, P. Smith. Of columnar habit. 

 Var. pyramidalis alba, Beissn. Of columnar habit with 

 the young growth colored white. R.B. 4:281. Var. 

 Weisseana, Hansen. Low dense form of umbrella-like 

 habit with almost horizontally spreading branches 

 and nodding tips. M.D.G. 1890:245. S.M. 1, p. 214. 

 Var. Yo&ngii, Beissn. Upright form of vigorous 

 growth with thickish dark green branchlets. G. C. III. 

 1:176, 177. 



obtusa, Sieb. & Zucc. (Cupressus obtiisa, Koch. Ret- 

 indspora obtusa, Sieb. & Zucc.). HINOKI CYPRESS. 

 Tree, to 120 ft., with horizontal branches: branchlets 

 frond-like arranged, flattened, pendulous: Ivs. bright 

 green and shining above, with whitish lines beneath, 

 thickish, obtuse, and very closely appressed, with a 

 gland on the back: cones globose, nearly J^in. diam., 

 brown. Japan. S.Z. 121. G.C. II. 5:236. R.H. 1869, 

 p. 97. Gn. W. 20, suppl. April 25. Var. albo-spicata, 

 Beissn. Tips of branchlets whitish. Var. aurea, 

 Beissn. (Retindspora obtusa aurea, Gord.) Golden yellow. 

 Gt. 25 : 19. Var. breviramea, Beissn. (C. breviramea, 

 Maxim. Thuja obtusa var. breviramea, Mast.). Tree, of 

 narrow pyramidal habit, with short branches: branch- 

 lets crowded, glossy green on both sides. Var. compacta, 

 Beissn. Of dwarf and dense subglobose habit. Gn. M. 

 7:76. Var. ericoides, Boehmer (Retindspora Sdnderi, 

 Sander. Juniperus Sdnderi, Hort.). Of low subglo- 

 bose habit with bluish gray linear spreading blunt Ivs., 

 marked with a green line above. G.C. III. 33:266; 



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892. Chamaecyparis pisifera 

 var. plumosa. 



36, suppl. April 25. M.D.G. 1900:589; 1903:291, 

 R.H. 1903, p. 399. Beissner, 556. Var. filicoides. 

 Beissn. Of slow growth with short and densely frond- 

 like arranged branchlets. G.C. II. 5:235. Var. filiformis, 

 Beissn. (C. pendula, Maxim. Thuja obtusa pendula, 

 Mast., not C. obtusa pendula, Beissn.). Branches 

 elongated, thick and thread-like, pendulous, with few 

 distant branchlets. Var. gracilis aurea, Beissn. Grace- 

 ful form, foliage bright yellow when young, changing 

 later to greenish yellow. Var. lycopodioides, Carr. 

 Low form, of somewhat irregular habit, with spread- 

 ing, rigid branches and thick, nearly quadrangular, 

 dark green branchlets. Var. nana, Carr. Low form, 

 of slow growth, with short, deep green branchlets. 

 R.H. 1882:102. Var. pygmsea, Carr. (C. obtusa bre- 

 viramea, Hort., not Beissn.). Very dwarf form, with 

 horizontal, almost creeping branches, densely frond- 

 like branched. Exceedingly interesting form for rock- 

 eries. R.H. 1889, p. 376. Var. formosana, Hayata. 

 Differs in its smaller and finer foliage, and much smaller 

 cones. Formosa. J.C.T. 25, 19, p. 209. 



pisifera, Sieb. & Zucc. (Cupressus pisifera, Koch. 

 Retindspora pisifera, Sieb. & Zucc.). SAWARA CYPRESS. 

 Fig. 891. Tree, to 100 ft., with horizontal branches: 

 branchlets flattened, distichously arranged and some- 

 what pendulous: lys. ovate-lanceolate, pointed, shi- 

 ning above, with whitish lines beneath: cones globular, 

 J^-Min. diam., brown. S.Z. 122. G.C. II. 5:237. 

 C.L.A. 11:311. This is, next to C. thyoides the hard- 

 iest species, and some varieties are much cult., while 

 the type is less planted. Var. aurea, Carr. Yellow foli- 

 age. G.W. 1, p. 303. Var. filifera, Beissn. (Retinds- 

 pora filifera, Standish. C. obtusa filifera, Hort.). 

 Branches elongated and slender, threadlike, gracefully 

 pendulous, with distant branchlets and ivs. Very 

 decorative form. G.C. II. 5:237. G.W. 1, p. 301; 



893. Chamsecyparis pisifera var. squarrosa. 



5, p. 17. Beissner 571, 572. Var. plumdsa, Beissn. 

 (Retindspora plumdsa, Veitch). Fig. 892. Of dense, 

 conical habit: branches almost erect, with slender 

 branchlets of feathery appearance: Ivs. subulate, 

 pointed and slightly spreading, bright green. Inter- 

 mediate between the type and var. squarrosa. G.C. 

 11.5:236. Gn. M.2:27. Beissner 569. Var. plumdsa 



