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Before I go further, I had better pause a little while to 

 consider once more about this interesting genus in order to 

 get a clear conception of it. As repetition may be considered 

 allowable here, 1 trust 1 mav be excused if I quote the follow- 

 ing description from my former paper. 



Taiwania 11 IIayata. 



Mores monoiei? J °. . Strobilus subglobosus, bracteis 



minutissimis ; squamae multiseriatae laxiuscule spiraliter imbri- 

 cate parum induratae apice squarroso-patentes persistentes 

 obovatae apice leviter mucronatae basi cuneatae. Semina ad 

 medium squamarnm fertilium 2 reversa oblonga, testa coriacea 



duriuscula, ala angusta cincta ; embryo 2— cotyledoneus. Arbor 



sempervirens dense foliata, ramis patentibus. Folia squanue- 

 formia spiraliter conferta adnato-decurrentia, in ramis vegetis 

 anguste lineari-falcata incurvo-erecta 4-gona, angulo dorsali 

 prominente. Strobilus terminalis. 



Taiwania cryptomerioides Hayata. Arbor. Folia poly- 

 morpha, rami adulti squamaeformia triangularia breviter acuta 

 carinata 5 mm. longa, .3 mm. lata per totam fere faciem rarao 

 adnata; ramuli superioris falcato-incurva decurrentia 6mm. 

 longa, 3mm. lata; rami vegeti aceroso-linearia latere compressa 

 SUperne et subtus carinata, rhombeo-tetragona in sectione, 

 IT) mm. longa. Strobilus subglobosus, 10-13 mm. longus, 

 squamis numerosis 15, parum induratis margine tenuibus, 

 apice mucronatis obcordatis vcl obconicis 8 mm. longis, 5 mm. 

 latis, basi additis bracteis minutissimis, squamis inferioribus 

 racuis minoribus. Semina oblonga cum alis Gmm. in longi- 

 tudine, alis utrinque sinuatis; albumen carnosum; embryo 

 oblongus, 2 J mm. longus; cotyledones 2, plana?. 



I Lull Ushoko, Snorinzan, Rinkiho, ad pedem montis Mor- 

 rison ad 6000 ped. alt., leg. X. Konishi (Feb. anno 1904); 

 Kagi: Arisan, leg. X. Konishi (Oct. anno 1906.); et ad 7500 



I called tlii rovisionally, which name is, however, suppress- 

 ed in favooi of the permanenl nam'' Taiwania. See Gard. Chronic. 3 series, No. 3403 



I, 185. 



