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Gen. PSEUDOLARIX, Gordon, the Golden Pine. 



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PsEUDOLARix K^MPFERi, Gordou, Ksempfcr's Larch. 



The Chinese call this tree " Kara-mats" (Pine full of buds), 



and '* Kin-le-sung" (common golden pine) ; and the Japanese, 



" Fusi," or ** Fusji" (buds crowned with leaves), and *' Seosa- 



mats" (deciduous fir). 



Gen. RETINISPORA, Siebold, the Japan Cypresses. 



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 RETINISPORA ERicoiDES, Zuccarini, the Heath-like Japan 



Cypress. 

 Syn. Cupressus ericoides, Hort. 

 „ Thuja ericoides, Hort. 

 The Japanese name for this kind is " Nezu-hiba" (dwarf 

 tree of life). 



It is quite hardy, and most probably only the primordial 

 form of Retinispora leptoclada, 



Retinispora leptoclada, Zuccarini, the Slender or Flat- 

 branchletted Retinispora. 

 Syn. Retinispora squarrosa leptoclada, Siehold. 

 „ Chamsecyparis squarrosa leptoclada, Endlicher. 

 Leaves of two kinds, the primordial ones being in whorls of 

 three, spreading, and curved more or less backwards ; linear, 

 flat on the upper surface, and awl-shaped at the points ; thickly 

 placed somewhat spirally all round the shoots, one fourth of an 

 inch long, bright green above, and furnished with two glaucous 

 white bands on the under side, which separate the thickened 

 margins and green mid-rib. The foliage on the mature two- 

 edged branchlets of adult plants are small scale-formed bodies, 

 closely imbricated in four rows, in opposite pairs, the marginal 

 ones being keeled on the back, overlapping on both sides, mu- 

 cronate, and sometimes a little incurved, and more or less ex- 

 tended at the points, while those along the centre, on the upper 



