56 Illustrations of Conifers. 



CUPRESSUS OBTUSA {Koch), Forma formosana (Hayata). 



Gardeners' ChronicU, Vol. XLIII. p. 194 (1908). 



Trees of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. V. p. 1188 (1910). 



This tree, according to Hayata, attains a height of 130 feet in the 

 mountains of Formosa, where it is associated with Cwpremus formo- 

 sensis. It differs from the typical Japanese form in having smaller 

 leaves, cones and seeds. The ripe cones are about J inch in 

 diameter, while the seeds, including the wings, average only ^ inch 

 across. 



The Formosan variety of C. obtusa was introduced in 1910, when 

 seed was sent to Bayfordbury by Capt. Matsumura, Imp. Jap. Navy; 

 one seedling only was raised, which had attained 10 inches in 

 height in October, 1911. 



The illustration is from a specimen collected by Mr. Firth, 

 H.BM. Vice-Consul at Tamsui, Formosa. 



