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12. C. obtusa, Kocli, Dendrol. ii. 168. (Subgenus CHAMiECYPARis.) 

 SYNOJffFMS : — Ghamaecyparis ohtusa, Siebold et Zuccarini ; Beissner, 



92, fig. Betinospora ohtusa, Siebold et Zuccarini ; Masters in Gard. 

 Chron. Feb. 19, 1876, p. 236. Thuya ohtusa, Masters in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. xviii. 491, fig. 



The remarks made under the next species, G. pisifera, apply also 

 mutatis mutandis to this one. 



Varieties : — The principal forms are : — lycopodioides ; pygm^a = 

 Thuya pygmcea ; nana ; keteleerii ; breviramea, of Maximowicz, 

 see Beissner, 97 ; pendula, see Beissner, 97 ; filicoides, filifera. 

 Several are figured in Gard. Ghron. 1876, vol. v. p. 236, in Veitch 

 Manual, and in J ourn. Liym. Soc. xviii. 489 et seq. 



Mountains of Japan. 



0. pendida. See C. lusitanica, also C. funebris and Thuya 

 orientalis. 



13. C. pisifera, Koch, Dendrol. ii. 170. 



SYJ!fONYMS: — Ghamgecyparis pisifera, Siebold et Zuccarini; Parla- 

 tore ; Beissner, 83, with figs. Betinospora pisifera, Siebold et Zucc, 

 M. Jap. ii. p. 39, t. 122 ; Veitch, 245 ; Masters in Gard. Ghron. 

 Feb. 19, 1876, p. 237 ; and of most gardens. Thuya pisifera, Masters 

 in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. p. 489. 



Mountains of Japan. 



Varieties : — Of this species there are many forms, and more or less 

 permanent stages of growth, which have in consequence received 

 different names ; but, inasmuch as they pass one into the other by 

 intermediate gradations, and as the various forms may be met with 

 on one and the same tree, not only at difierent times, but sometimes 

 simultaneously, it is obvious that they have no claim to specific rank. 



Among these forms which are more or less permanent are : — 

 a. SQUARROSA, a juvenile form, bushy, glaucous, with spreading 

 linear leaves. I have frequently seen specimens bearing cones 

 identical with those of G. pisifera, and also with the foliage of that 

 species. 



h. PLUMOSA, a transition form, between the juvenile and the adult 

 form as to foliage, 

 c. filifera. 



The cones of all are identical with those of C. pisifera. See figs, 

 in Gard. Ghron. Feb. 19, 1876, p. 236, and Journ. of Linn. Soc. 1. c. 



There are also numerous variegated varieties mentioned in Veitch's 

 Manual, and in garden catalogues. (See Retinospora.) 



G. pyramidalis. See C. sempervireiis. 

 G. Boylei. See C. sempervirens. 



G. Schomhurgkii, Van Houtte. See C. thurifera (ex Kew Index). 



