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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



North America, at Nootka Sound. Height 20 ft. to 30 ft. Introduced in 



1796, and frequent in collections. 



A very branchy, spreading, light green tree. Branches crowded, covered 

 with a reddish brown bark ; branchlets dense, often divided, pectinate com- 

 pressed. 



i 3. T. CHILE Nsis Lamb. The Chili Arbor Vita;. 



Identification. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 2. p. 12S., No. 62. 

 Synonyme. Cupressus ^hyoides Pavon MSS. 

 Engraving. Oar fig. 2110. in p. 1110. 



Spec, Char., ^c. Branchlets jointed, spreading, compressed. Leaves ovate- 

 oblong, obtuse, somewhat .'^-angled, imbricated in 4 rows, adpresscd, naked, 

 furrowed on both sides. Cones oval-oblong ; scales 4, compressed, elliptic, 

 obtuse. Seeds winged at the apex, entire. (Lamb.) A beautiful dark 

 green spreading tree. Chili, on the Andes. Height 30 ft. to 40 ft. Not 

 yet introduced. 



ii. Biota. 



1 4. T. ORiENTA^Lis L. The Oriental, or Chinese, Arbor Vitas. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 1422. ; N. Du Ham.. 3. p. 11. 

 Engravings. Dend. Brit., t, 149. ; and our fig. 1992. 



Spec. Char., ^-c. Branchlets 2-edged. Leaves imbricated in 4 rows, ovate- 

 rhomboid, adpressed, furrowed along the middle. Cones elliptic ; interior 

 scales blunt, mucronate beneath the apex. (Willd.) A low evergreen tree, 

 or fastigiate shrub. China and Siberia, in rocky situations ; and also on 

 the mountains of Japan. Height 18ft. to 20 ft. Introduced in 1752. 

 Flowering in May, and ripening its brown cones in the following autumn. 

 Varieties. 



5 T. 0. 2 stricta Hort. T. pyramidalis Baiim. Cat. ed. 1837 ; and the 

 plate of this tree in Arb. Brit., 1st ed. vol. viii. More fastigiate than 

 the species in its habit of growth. 

 T. 0. 3 tatdrica. T. tatarica Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836 ; 7". Warewwa Booth 

 Cat. 1839. Leaves, and the entire plant, rather smaller than in the 

 species. 



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1992. T. orientilis. 



A low tree or large shrub j distinguishable, at first sight, from the American 



