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Synonymc. Fi-raoro, Ktempf. Ama-n.y p. 883. 



Engravings. I>amb. Pin., ed. 2., t. 66. ; Staunt. Embass., t. 41. : our fig. 2332. to our usual scale ; 

 figs. 2333. of the natural size ; andjig. 2334. showing parts of the shoots magnified. 



Spec. Char., SfC. Branchlets 2-edged, leafy ; the oldest very long, pendulous ; 

 the younger short, alternate, 2-rowed, spreading. (Lamb.) A tree, with a 

 large expanded head. Branches dichotomous, loose, leafless, much divided : 

 branch lets long, compressed, pendulous, closely covered with leaves ; again 

 divided, secondary branchlets short, spreading. Leaves imbricated in 4 rows, 

 rather stem-clasping, and triquetrous ; keeled, adpressed. Male catkins 

 numerous, ovate, more than one line long, solitary on the apex of the 

 branches, sessile ; female depressed, surrounded by spreading leaves, termi- 

 nating the very short inferior branchlets. Cone brownish, about the size 

 of a sloe. Scales 8-angled; mucros obtuse. Seeds yellowish. (Lamb.) A 

 tree, a native of China, said to have been introduced in 1808, but re- 

 specting which we know nothing with certainty. The pendulous cypress, 

 or Hmja, at Chelsea, and in the Kew arboretum, may possibly be the same as Thunberg's plant. 



App. i. Kinds ofCupressus of which there are Plants in British 

 Gar d ens i but of which very little is known. 



C. horizonttilfs Audibert. This plant has been already referred to, p. 2465 , as being considered by 

 some to be the same as the spreading variety of C. sempervlrens ; and by others, as a distinct species'. 

 As it has produced co:ies exactly resembling those of C. sempervlrens, we have no doubt of its being 

 only the spreading variety of that species. The tree in the Horticultural Society's Garden, received 

 from Audibert in 1825, is now 6ft. high, of vigorous growth, and with spreading branches. 



C. expi'tnaa Audibert, ? C. expansa Hart. Par. The tree received from Audibert's Nursery at 

 Tarascon in 1834, and now in the Horticultural Society's Garden, was, in 1837, 2 ft. high. The C. 

 expansa of the Hurt. Par. is C. s. horizontals. 



C. Fothergilll Lee. A plant under this name is in the Horticultural Society's Garden, which was 

 received from the Hammersmith Nursery in 1834. It is now 2 ft high, and is found rather tender. 



C. thurijera. A plant in the Horticultural Society's Garden, bearing this name, is only a few 

 inches high. 



C. Tonnirforfil Audibert. The plant bearing this name in the Horticultural Society's Garden, 

 received from Audibert in 1834, is 2ft. high. 



C. bacciformis Willd. A hardy tree, 20 ft. high. Introduced in 1818. 



C. austnilis Pers. A shrub, with slender branches, a native of New Holland, and rather tender. 



Before anything can be determined with certainty respecting the above kinds, they must have 

 produced fruit ; and, consequently, several years must elapse. Most of them are probably only 

 sy HOD vines to species of Cupressus above described, or of some of the kinds of Juniperus which will 

 hereafter be given. 



App. ii. Kinds of Cupressus not yet introduced. 



C. nootkatensls Lamb. Branchlets tetragonal. Leaves broad-ovate, acute, convex on the 

 back, imbricated in 4 rows, adpressed. Galbulus globose, almost sessile. Scales bossed, smooth, 

 (Lamb. Pin., ii. No. 60.) A tree. Branches round, spreading, scaly from the withered leaves, 

 covered with a brownish bark. Branches numerous, somewhat distant, tetragonal, short, spreading. 

 Leaves broad-ovate, acute, very thick, glabrous, shining, closely adpressed, imbricated in 4 rows, 

 convex on the back ; adult ones shortly awl-shaped at the apex. Galbulus globose, lateral, the size of 

 a wild cherry, covered with a glaucous hue, on a very short scaly footstalk, similar to a branchlet ; 

 scales trapezoidal, peltate, smooth, bossed in the centre. (Lamb.) Discovered by Mr. Menzies, in 

 Nootka Sound, on the north-west coast of North America. 



C. japdnica Thunb. Jap., p. 265., Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 513., Lin. Supp., p. 421. Leaves4-rowed, 

 compressed, furrowed, decurrent. (Thunb.) 



GENUS XII. 



TAXO v DIUi\[ Rich. THE TAXODIUM, or DECIDUOUS CYPRESS. Lin. Syst. 

 Monce'cia Monadelphia. 



Identification. Rich. Conif., p. 143. ; Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 2. 

 Synonymes. Cupressus /,., Schubertia Mirb., Condylocarpus Salisb. 

 Derivation. From tatus, the yew, and eidos, like ; the trees resembling the yew. 



Description. Lofty, deciduous, and evergreen trees, natives of the southern 

 part of North America ; separated from the genus Cupressus, principally be- 

 cause the male catkins are disposed in loose spreading bunches, instead of 

 being solitary and terminal ; and because the female catkins are roundish and 

 scaly, like the male, arid each scale has only 2 perfect flowers. The genus is 

 also distinguished by the embryo having from 5 to 9 cotyledons. The species 

 are generally propagated by seeds, and the varieties by cuttings or layers. 



