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Gen. GLYPTOSTROBUS, EndUcher, the Embossed Cypress. 



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 Glyptostrobus heterophyllus, Endlicher, Chinese Water 



Pine. 

 Syn. Taxodium mucronatum, Italian Gardens. 

 „ Cupressus disticha nucifera, Rinz. 

 The Chinese name for this tree is " Then-tsong" (Water 

 Pine), on account of its growing in places frequently inundated 

 by water, and along the margins of rice fields. 



Gen. JUNIPERUS,* Linncevs, the Junipers. 

 The trees and shrubs belonging to this genus generally pro- 

 duce the male and female flowers on separate plants, with the 

 leaves mostly sharp-pointed, stiff, and usually in whorls of three ; 

 but sometimes they are mere scales, closely imbricated in four 

 rows (as in the Cypress), or occasionally both kinds occur on 

 the same plant at different stages of its growth. The malestro- 

 bili are small, ovate bodies, and either placed at the ends of the 

 branchlets or in the axil of the leaves, and with from four to 

 eight one-celled anthers at the back of each scale. The fertile 

 catkins consist of three fleshy scales, at first nearly concealed by 

 imbricated bracts, from which they gradually rise, grow more 

 succulent, and finally become consolidated into a small round, 

 fibrous, spongy berry, enclosing from one to three bony seeds, but 

 mostly three, which are convex on one side, and angular on the 

 other. The berries (Galbules), when ripe, are for the most part 

 either of a deep purple, black, or reddish brown, and when 

 crushed, emit a strong resinous smell. 



* Some writers derive the word Juniperus from " Juniores pariens," the 

 young and old leaves and berries being on the plant at the same time ; 

 but the plant having been used for purposes of abortion, obviously gives 

 .its true derivation from " Juvenus" and " Pario." 



