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also preserved in the Natural History Museum, and undoubtedly 

 both belong to what we still call the Cedar of Goa. Eeference 

 is made in connection with these specimens to Kay's " Histcria 

 Plantarum," p. 1414. 



In 1687 we find the tree mentioned in Dr. Hermann's catalogue 

 of the plants in the Leyden Botanic Garden in the following 

 terms : " Juniperus ex Goa : Hujus propaginem hoc ipso mense 

 transmisit ad nos ex Anglia Dominus Watsius nomine Cedri ex 

 Goa. Eamis est magis expansis gracilibus, foliis glaucis tenuis- 

 simis et brevissimis. Caeteroquin superiori Junipero Virginians 

 videtur similis." * Prof. Suringar obligingly informs me that 

 in the Royal Herbarium at Leyden is still preserved a speci- 

 men of " Cedar of Goa " entirely corresponding to Cujwesstts 

 lusitanica as communicated by Prof. Willkomm from Spain and 

 by myself from an English garden. This specimen formed part 

 of the herbarium of Van Royen, and was probably obtained from 

 Hermann. 



" Dominus Watsius " has already been mentioned in connec- 

 tion with the Chelsea Garden. It is to be noted that Watts called 

 it a Cedar, but for Hermann it was a Juniper, and that the tree in 

 England must be presumed to have been of considerable size, 

 since Watts sent a cutting (" propaginem ") to Leyden. 



The next mention of the tree is by Ray in his " Historia 

 Plantarum," vol. ii. p. 1414, and again at pp. 1798 and 1916, 

 anno 1688. Ray speaks of the plant first as a Juniper or a 

 Cedar, but afterwards refers it to Sabina. 



It is desirable to quote precisely what this author says. At 

 page 1414 he thus writes : " His addit D. Hermannus Juniperum 

 seu Cedrum ex Goa, quae ramis est magis patulis, gracilibus, foliis 

 glaucis tenuissimis et brevissimis caeteroqui superiori [Junipero 

 Virginianae] videtur similis." 



At page 1798 of the same volume it is included in the list of 

 plants in Bishop Compton's garden, as observed by Ray in the 

 following passage : " Cedrus ex Goa /also dicta, rectius Sabina 

 Goensis. Haec arbor nec Cedrus est neque Juniperus, sed potius 

 Sabinae Indicae Species. Non enim baccas producit sed conos e 

 squamis compactos aliarum Coniferarum instar. Folia, odor, 

 fructus, (qui et Sabinae vulgari sterili creditae* [* marginal note 



* Horti Academici Lugd. Batav. Catalogus : autore Paulo Hermann, 

 p. 346 (1687). 



