ORIENTAL ARBOR- VIT^. 55 



Biota Oeientalis pyeamidalis, Endlicher, the tall Chinese 



Arbor-Vitse. 



Syn. Biota Orientalis excelsa, Hort. 

 „ „ excelsa, Hm't. 

 „ „ pyramidalis, Cm-rUre. 

 „ „ Orientalis stricta, Loudon. 

 „ Thuja Orientalis cupressoides, Gels. 



This fine variety has a very tall, narrow, fastigiate head, 

 very much resembling the upright Cypress in shape, and quite 

 as compact, with the foliage and branches more robust than 

 those of the common form of the Chinese Arbor- Vitse, and 

 growing from 20 to 30 feet high. This variety must not be 

 confounded with the Tartarian Arbor- Vitse (Thuja tartarica). 



Biota Oeientalis teiangulaeis, Hort, the triangular- 

 branchletted Arbor- Vitse. 



A curious, dwarf, compact variety, with the branchlets ar- 

 ranged in a triangular manner, and not flat or fan-shaped, as 

 is usually the case. 



No. 2. Biota pendula, Endlicher, the weeping Arbor- Vitse. 

 Syn. Cupressus pendula, Thunberg. 

 „ „ patula, Persoon. 



„ „ filiformis, Jlort. 



„ pendulata, Hort. 



„ Thuja pendula, LambeH. 

 „ filiformis, LodMges. 

 „ pendulata, Hort. 

 „ ' „ Orientalis flagelliformis, Jacques. 



„ Biota Orientalis pendula, Parlatore. 

 Leaves in opposite pairs, very small, somewhat distant, scale- 

 formed or ovate-lanceolate, spreading at the points, and loosely 

 imbricated, decurrent and keeled on the back, much smaller, 

 shorter, less pointed, and more closely imbricated at the base 



