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nospora plumosa aurea, Standish). Golden Plume Retinispora. Fig. 39. 

 Young growth of golden-yellow color. A very showy form. Var. "plumosa 

 flavescens," Beiss. {Retinispora plumosa sulphurea, Hort.). Tips of the 

 j'oung branehlets yellowish. 



Var. jquarrosa, Beiss. & Hochst. {Retinispora squarrosa, Sieb. & Zucc. 

 R. leptoclada, Zucc.). Moss Retinispora. Fig. 40. Densely branched 

 bushy tree or shrul), with spreading feathery branehlets: leaves linear, spread- 

 ing, glaucous above, silvery below. A very distinct and beautiful variety. 

 Var. "squarrosa sulphurea," Beiss. A form with yellow foliage. 



A closely related species is C. for- 

 mosensis, Matsum. {Cupressus formos- 

 ensis, Henry). Formosan C. Tall tree, 

 occasionally to 190 feet high, with a 

 trunk 20 feet in diameter and with 

 spreading branches pendulous at the 

 extremities; branehlets dull green on 

 both sides or slightly bloomy below: 

 leaves appressed, free a I the incurved 

 apex, obscurely glandular: cones short- 

 ellipsoidal, }4~/"i inch across; scales 

 with a conspicuous, broadly triangular 

 boss; seeds 2 under each scale, narrow- 

 winged. Formosa. — Introduced in 1911 

 to Great Britain by Shirasawa; not 

 in cultivation in this country. 



Chamsecyparls pisifera var. 

 plumosa aurea. 



40. ChamiEcj'paris pisifera var. 

 squarrosa. 



