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CUPRESSUS PENDULA. 



WEEPING CYPRESS. 



CuPREssus PENDULA ramulls ancipitibus Miosis, primariis longissimis pendulis, novissimis brevibus 

 alternis, bifariam patentibus. 



C.pendula foliis oppositis ovatis, ramulis dichotomis pendulis. Thmib. Flora Jap. p. 265. Willd. Sp. 

 PL F0L4. p.5l2. 



a peiidiila. Staunton s authentic Account of an Emhassy from the King of Great Britain to the Em- 

 peror of China, Vol.2,p.526. Weeping Thuja, or lignum vit^. Idem, p. AA5 ettah.AX. 



Fi-moro. Juniperus julifera, julis squamosis croceo polline refertis, baccis Sabinte angulosis. K^mpf 

 A7ncen. Exot. p. 883. 



Habitat in China et Japonia. 

 Floret 



Arbor com^ ampR, expans^. Rami dichotomi, laxi, aphylli, valde ramulosi: Hamuli longi, compressi, 

 penduli, foliis arctissime tecti, iterum divisi, secundariis brevibus, patulis. Folia quadrifariam imbri- 

 cata, semiamplexicaulia, subtriquetra, carinata, adpressa. Amenta mascula numerosa, ovata, linea 

 vix longiora, in apicibus ramulorum soHtaria, sessilia: fmminea depressa, minuta, foliis patulis 

 cincta, ramulos inferiores brevissimos terminantia. Strohilus fuscus, magnitudine fructus Fruni 

 spinos(B. Squamse octo angulatse mucronibus obtusis. Semina gilva. 



This elegant tree was discovered in Japan, and first made known to Europeans by the illustrious 

 Kaempfer, and again found there, on the mountains of Fakonia, by Thunberg, who remarks, that its 

 exceedingly long and numerous pendent branches give it a very remarkable and beautiful appearance, 

 very different from the other ever-greens of the same natural order. This JSTaturalist, however, found 

 but one tree, and neither saw the flowers nor the fruit. 



In Plate 41 of the Account of the Embassy to China, in the View of the Vale of Tombs, it is repre- 

 sented as overhanging the monuments of departed greatness; nor, whether we consider Its dark hue, or 

 drooping pensile form, would it be easy to conceive any thing more in sympathy with the scene. 

 No doubt it would also prove a great ornament to our gardens, into which it has not yet been intro- 

 duced; but most probably we may soon be indebted for it to that skilful gardener, Mr. Ker, now em- 

 ployed in a mission to China for the purpose of collecting plants for the Royal Gardens at Kew, and 

 who has already sent over a number of new and beautiful species from that interesting country. 



The specimens represented in Tab. 43 were obligingly given to me by Sir George Staunton, Bart, 

 who collected them while engaged in the celebrated Embassy to China. They agree so well with Thun- 



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berg's description of his Qipressiis pendula above quoted, that, although I have not had an opportunitv 



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EXPLANATION OF TAB. 43 



A. Cone and branch magnified. 

 b. Seed natural size. 



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B. The same magnified. ' , 



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