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and others with leaves varying from 2 to 4 inches or more in 

 length, and two lines broad : but all linear, a little sickle-shaped, 

 blunt, or slightly notched at the points, leathery, double-ribbed, 

 with a shallow channel running through them, and all spreading 

 out horizontally like the ribs of a parasol, and so closely clus- 

 tered alternately as to look as if they stood in whorls of from 

 30 to 40 together at the ends of all the branchlets. Mr. For- 

 tune says they are of a deep green colour, while, according to 

 Dr. Siebold, they must be of a yellowish green, and remain on 

 the tree for about three years, by which time each branch has 

 from one to three parasols on it, according to its age ; but in 

 the fourth year they fall off. The cones are elliptic or cylin- 

 drical, obtuse at the ends, and from 2| to 3 inches long, and 1 1 

 inch in diameter, and not unlike those of Pinus Cembra, b\it 

 longer, and require two years to ripen. The seed leaves are in 

 twos, and very similar to those of the common Yew. 



Dr. Siebold considers the Umbrella Fir the finest conifer of 

 Japan, and one which presents an appearance as strange as 

 elegant, in consequence of its innumerable ramifications, which 

 always end in a parasol-like tuft of leaves. Dr. Lindley says 

 the Sciadopitys is nearly related to the Genus Wellingtonia, a 

 statement which, from all appearances, seems very questionable. 



Its Japanese names are "Koja-Maki ^^* (the wild or Mount 

 Kojasan Maki), and "Tnu-Maki^' (the spurious or false Maki) ; 

 while those of the Chinese are " Kin-sung- Maki" (the pale 

 yellow Maki), and " Kin-sjo" (common yellow), on account 

 of the leaves being of a pale or yellowish-green colour, ^especially 

 when young. 



Sciadopitys verticillata variegata. Fortune, the Variegated 



Parasol Fir. 



This variety differs in having some of its leaves of a pale 

 yellow colour, intermixed in the parasol-like whorls. 



It forms a striking object, and is much grown in the gardens 



* Maki is the name commouly applied, both, in China and Japan., to all 

 the large-leaved Yew-like plants, such as Podocarpus, Sciadopitys, &c. 



