22 SUPPLEMENT TO THE PINETUM. 



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 Cryptomeria Japonica nana. Fortune, the Dwarf Japan Cedar. 

 Syn. Cryptomeria Japonica pygmsea, Loudon. 

 „ „ nana, Lindley. 



A dense little bush, called '•' Fi-Suga" (dwarf evergreen) 

 by the Chinese. 



Gen. CUNNINGHAMIA, R. Brown, the Broad-leaved 



Chinese Fir. 



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CuNNiNGHAMiA SINENSIS, JBrown, the Chinese Fir. 



Syn. Abies Major Sinensis, Plukenett. 



The Japanese name for this tree is " Lin-kiu-momi" (the 



wild or native fir of China), and the Chinese call it " San-Shu" 



(common evergreen), from its abundance all over China. 



Gen. CUPRESSUS, Tournefort, the True Cypresses. 



In the true Cupressus the leaves along the branchlets are 

 mere scales, closely imbricated, or tiled over each other, and 

 generally in four rows, with the branches always scattered 

 along the stem, and the buds not scaly ; cones, more or less 

 rounded, and composed of from six to ten peltate woody scales, 

 furnished with a projecting point or boss in the centre, and 

 which scales, when the seeds are ripe, become dry and sepa- 

 rate. All the species exude resin, but afford no turpentine. 



The name Cupressus, according to some writers, is derived 

 from the first species having been found plentiful on the Isle 

 of Cyprus ; but as the Cypress appears to have been known to 

 the ancient Hebrews, Greeks, and Phoenicians, it is much more 

 probable that the converse is the true statement, and that the 

 island was named from the tree being found plentiful upon it. 



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 Cupressus attenuata, Gorc?o;2, the Slender Bran chleted Cypress. 

 Syn. Cupressus nivea, Hort. 

 „ „ Bregeoni, Hort. 



A fine glaucous bush, growing from six to ten feet high, with 



