TAB. 1. 



THUJA DOLOBRATA 



BROAD LEAVED ARBOR WTM. 



Thi:.ta DoLOBKATA, vamulis ancipitibus, strobilis squarrosis, foliis lat^ ovatis obtusis tofariam imbricatis subt(.s 



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excavatis niveis. 



Thuja dolobrata. Lhin. Snppl. p. 420. Thunb. Jap. p. 266. 



WiUd. Sp. PI 4. p. 509. 

 Kwai. Kmnpf. Amten. 884. 



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Habitat, m Japonic, in vegionibus Fakoni^ et Oygaw^, inter Miaco et Jedo. Kmnpfer, Thnnberg. 



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Arhor altissin^a. vasta et pulcberrima. RamuU numerosis.hni, alterni, complanatl, vari^ clivisi. Folia trifariam 

 imbricata, ovata, obtusa, crassa, qu^m in ca^teris speciebus pbnimC.n majora, supr^ convexa, pulchre vindia, 

 luclda. medio sulcata/ subtils concava, marginata, nivea. Strohili sqiiarrosi. 



It is with mucli satisfaction that I have been enabled to give a plate of ihis highly interesting and little 

 known species, which Thanberg justly describes as " Pulcberrima omnium SempervircnUum Arbor. 

 K^mpfer was the first European writer who makes meiition of this tree ; but his notice of it is so short, 

 and being unaccompanied bv a figure, it continued involved in obscurity until the return of Thunberg from 

 his laLcrestino- voyage, shortly after which we find it described in the Supplementum Plantarnm, by the 

 younger Linu^us, under the name of Thuja Dolohrata, which alludes to the remarkable form of the leaves. 



Mr Lambert possesses a curious work published in Japan, giving an account of the plants of that country, 

 and illustrated by a great number of figures, among which we find one of the Thuja Dolobrata. E.g. A. m 

 our plate is an exact copy of this. The plate likewise comprises a figure of the specimen in the Banksian 

 herbarium, for which I am indebted to the friendship of Mr. Brown, and lastly figures of those contained m 

 K^mpfer s herbarium at the British Museum. I cannot here omit noticing the facility which my friend, Mr- 

 Konig, afforded in taking the drawing of Kaempfer's specimens. The Thja Dolohrata would prove a most 

 desirable acquisition to our parks and lawns, if once introduced, as it is no doubt perfectly hardy. 



EXPLANATION OF TAB. 1. 



A. Copy of a Japanese drawing. 



B. Figure taken from the specimen in K^empfer's herbarium at the British Museum. 



C. Figure of another specimen from ICa^mpfer's herbarium, shewing the underside of the leaves. 



D. Ditto from the specimen preserved in the Banksian herbarium. 



