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Syn. Cupressus nana, Hort. 

 „ Thuja spliseroidea nana, Hort. 



A very distinct, small, compact little bush, of diminutive 

 size, smaller in all its parts, and quite glaucous. 



Gen. CRYPTOMERIA. Don. 



Flowers, moncecious, or male and female on the same plant, 

 but separate ; the male catkins numerous, somewhat oblong, 

 and collected in clusters at the extremities of the branchlets ; 

 the female ones mostly solitary, or two or three together, with- 

 out foot-stalks, spherical and terminal. 



Cones, globular, woody, and either, singly or in clusters. 



/Scales, wedge-shaped, numerous, loose, and with rough-fringed 

 edges. 



Seeds, from three to five under each scale, obovate or an- 

 gularly depressed, and covered with a crustaceous tegument, 

 prolonged on each side into a regular membrane, cut sloping at 

 both extreraities. 



Seed-leaves, from two to four in number, but mostly in 

 threes. 



Leaves, alternate, in five rows, sickle-shaped, irregularly four- 

 sided, without any foot-stalks, but running downwards at the 

 base, acute-pointed, spreading, and persistent. 



Na/nie, derived from " Kruptos," hidden, and " Meris," a part. 



All large evergreen trees, found in the north of China and 

 Japan. 



No. 1. Cryptomeria elegans, Veitch, the Elegant Japan 



Cedar. 



Syn. Cryptomeria Japonica elegans, Hort. 

 „ gracilis, Hort. 



„ Japonica elongata, Regel, 



