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Mr. Gordon (Pinetum, p. 156) states that it is a native of Barbados 

 and other West Indian islands, but quotes no authority in support of 

 the statement. It was extensively distributed by Messrs. Loddiges' 

 under the name of Juniperus Gossainthaniana, thereby indicating a 

 Himalayan origin, which is accepted by M. Carriere (Traite, p. 45), 

 but rejected by Professor Parlatore, who considers it to be a garden 

 variety only (Yeitch, Manual). 



Tribe II.— T A XODIIJj^. 



11. CBYPTOMEE-IA.— Don in Linn. Trans, xviii. 2, p. 160; 

 Brongn. in Ann. des Sc. Nat. ser. 2, xii. 231 ; Sieb. and Zucc. Fl. 

 Jap. ii. 41 ; Endl. Conif. 71 ; Carr. Tr. Gen. Conif. 153 ; Gord. 

 Pin. 52. Cupressi sp. Linn. fil. Suppl. 421 ; Thunb. Fl. Jap. 265. 

 Taxodii sp. Brongn. in Ann. des Sc. Nat. ser. 1, xxx. 183 (except 

 var. /3) ; Pari, in D. C. Prodr. xvi. 2, 437- ; Carr. Tr. Gen. Conif. 

 191 ; Koch, Dendr. ii. 188 ; Henk. and Hochst. Syn. der Nadelh. 266 ; 

 Eichl. in Engl, and Prantl. Natlirl. Pflf. ii. 89. 



Floiuers monoecious ; 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, without foot- 

 stalks, spherical and terminal. 



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

 They are developed and ripen in one year. 



Scales wedge-shaped, numerous, loose, and with rough-fringed edges. 



Seeds from three to five under each scale, obovate or angularly 

 depressed, and covered with a crustaceous tegument, prolonged on 

 each side into a regular membrane, cut sloping at both extremities. 



Cotyledons from two to four in number, but mostly in threes. 



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

 without any footstalks, but running downwards at the base, acute- 

 pointed, spreading, and persistent. 



Name derived from hruptos^ hidden, and meris, a part. 



Only one species. A large evergreen tree or small shrub ; found 

 in the north and east of China and in Japan. 



C. japonica, Don, I.e. C. Fortunei (Hooibrenk), C. Koch, 

 Dendr. ii. 190. Cupressns japonica, Linn. fil. Suppl. 421. Taxodium 

 japonieum, Brongn. in Ann. des Sc. Nat. ser. 1, xxx. 183 (excl. var. 



lieterophylla). 



Habitat. — Japan. Abundant on some of the mountain slopes, where 

 it constitutes the chief part of the forests, from their base to an 

 elevation of 1,500 feet ; also frequent in China under cultivation. 



Introduced into England in 1844 by the Royal Horticultural 

 Society through their collector, Mr. Robert Fortune, who sent seeds 

 from Shanghai (Gardeners^ Chronicle, 1845, p. 344). 



