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Biota Orientalis funiculata, Hort, the cord-branched 

 Arbor-VitB3. 

 Syn. Thuja funiculata, Hort. 

 „ Biota funiculata, Hort. 

 This singular kind has slender, little divided, bright green 

 branchlets, thinly furnished with small, open, and acute-pointed 

 leaves. It is said to be a hybrid, raised in France, between 

 Biota pendula and Orientalis. 



Biota Orientalis monstrosa, Carri^re, the monstrous 

 Chinese Arbor- Vitse. 

 Syn. Thuja monstrosa, ITort. 

 „ „ Sibirica monstrosa. Knight. 

 This variety is remarkable on account of its short gross 

 branchlets, which are few in number, much contorted, and fre- 

 quently four-sided, from the thickened obtuse-ovate (rarely 

 acute) leaves. 



Biota Orientalis gracilis, Garri^re, the Nepal Arbor- Vitse. 

 Syn. Biota Nepalensis, Endlicher. 



„ „ freneloides, Bdgian GardeThs. 



,, „ gracilifolia. Knight. 



„ Thuja freneloides, Hort. 



„ „ Nepalensis, Hort. 



This variety differs from the species in being much slenderer, 

 more compact and erect in all its parts, and in having much 

 smaller and more acute foliage. It is found on the mountains 

 of Upper Nepal and other parts of Northern India, and is 

 called by the natives "Majoo," which, according to Major 

 Madden, is derived from the external resemblance of its fruit 

 to the nutgall. 



Biota Orientalis glauca, Pince. 

 Syn. Thuja glauca, Hort. 

 This beautiful and very distinct variety differs from the 



