106 SUPPLEMENT TO THE PTNETUM. 



lodge an uncertain number of small, two-winged seeds, ter- 

 minatedbyapair of short, straight, tooth-like processes. {Lindley.) 

 Nothing more appears to be known about this kind as regards 

 whether it is a tree or shrub, or if evergreen or deciduous, or 

 in what part or situation in Japan it was found. Dr. Lindley 

 merely states that it was named after the younger Veitch, who 

 went out to Japan as a plant collector, and that he made his 

 generic and specific descriptions " from the examination of 

 two mutilated cones, a few seeds, and a small branch," which 

 certainly must be considered a clever piece of botanical skill. 



Gen. WELLINGTONIA, Lindley, the Mammoth Tree. 

 Syn. Americanus of the Americans. 

 „ Sequoia, Endlicher, Deqaisne, and Carriere. 

 „ Washingtonia of the Americans. 

 The Genus Wellingtonia is considered by most systematic bo- 

 tanists as untenable, it not being sufficiently distinct from Pro- 

 fessor Endlicher's Genus Sequoia ; nevertheless, as the name 

 has now been universally adopted in Garden Literature, it had 

 much better be allowed to stand, as its alteration would cause 

 great inconvenience and much confusion in practical Botany. 

 It, however, is much to be regretted that any sinister motives 

 should ever interfere with botanical science, so as to drive Bo- 

 tany from its high position, to occupy the low footstool of 

 flattery. 



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 Wellingtonia gigantea, Lindley, the Great Wellingtonia. 

 Syn. Americanus giganteus, Hort, America. 

 „ Washingtonia Americana, Hort, America. 

 The seed leaves (cotyledons) are from three to six in num- 

 ber, but mostly in fours, while those of the Sequoia are mostly 

 in twos, but sometimes in threes. 



