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Yama, extending for several miles (Veitcli, "Manual of Conifers," 

 1881, p. 220). 



C. japonica is in several parts of Denmark to be found of about 

 thirty years of age, and of a height of about the same number of 

 feet. Here and there it is seen well developed even in exposed 

 situations. Cone-bearing plants are also occasionally seen. 



12. TAXODIUM.— Kich. in Ann. Mus. (1810), xvi. 298, 

 and Conif . 143, t. 10 ; Endl. Conif . 66 ; Carr. Conif . 143 ; 

 Gord. Pinet. 305. Cupressi spec. Linn. Sp. PI. 1422, and pi. 

 anct. Schubertia, Mirb. in Nouv. Bull, de la Soc. Philom. (1813), 

 iii. 121 ; Spach, Hist, des Yeg. Phan. xi. 347. Taxodii spec, 

 Brongn. in Ann. des Scienc. Nat. ser. 1, xxx. 177, 182 ; Endl. Gen. 

 PI. 259. Glyptostrobi spec. Endl. Conif. 71 ; Carr. Conif. 152 ; Pari, 

 in D. C. Prodr. xvi. 2, 440 ; Lamb. Pin. ed. min. t. 63 ; Forb. 

 Pinet. Wob. t. 60 ; Nutt. N. Am. Sylv. t. 151 ; Eichl. in Engl, and 

 Prantl. Natiirl. Pflf. ii. p. 90 ; Ann. Mus. xvi. 298 ; Conif. 52, 

 t. 10 ; ISTouv. Duham. iii. 8 ; Robin, Voyages, iii. 525 ; Lamb. 

 Pin. ed. 2, iii. 180, t. 80 ; Torr. Compend. Fl. N. States, 361 ; 

 Bot. Mex. Boundary Survey, 210 ; Loud. Arbor, iv. 2481, f . 

 2335-39 ; Engelmann and Gray in Journ. Boston Soc. ISTat. 

 Hist. V. 234 ; Scheele in Rcemer, Texas, appx. 447 ; Lindl. and 

 Gord. in Journ. Hort. Soc. London, v. 209 ; Knight, Syn. Conif. 20 ; 

 Darlington, Fl. Cestrica, ed. 3, 295 ; Morren in Belg. Hort. vi. 74 

 and t. ; Loud. Gard. Chron. 1857, 549 ; Cooper in Smithsonian Pep. 

 1858, 257 ; Chapman, Fl. S. States, 435 ; Curtius in Rep. Geolog. 

 Surv. N. Carolina, 1860, iii. 29 ; Lesquereux in Owen's Second Rep. 

 Arkansas, 389 ; Wood, CI. Book, 663 ; Bot. and Fl. 315 ; Gray, Man. 

 U. States, ed. 6, 493 ; Hoopes, Evergreens, 364 f. ; Lawson, Pinet. 

 Brit. ii. 305, f. 1-9 ; Fowler in London Gard. Chron. (1872), 1526 ; 

 Young, Bot. Texas, 518 ; Bertrand in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xviii. 

 127 ; Broadhead in Coulter's Bot. Gazette, iii. 60 ; Veitch, Man. Conif. 

 214 ; Ridgway in Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 87 ; Watson in Proc. Am. 

 Acad, xviii. 158 ; Beissner, Nadelholzk. 148. 



Floivers monoecious ; the male ones in compound pyramidal spikes, 

 the female two or three together, near the base of the spike of male 

 flowers. 



Cones globular, ligneous, and with an uneven surface. 

 Scales imbricated spirally, thick, and raised in the centre. 

 Seeds irregularly shaped, woody, and two at the base of each 

 scale. 



Leaves in two rows, flat, linear, and deciduous. 

 Cotyledons from five to nine in number. 



Name derived from rd^os (Yew) and eldos (like), from its supposed 

 resemblance to the common Yew. 



Deciduous trees, found in JSTorth America and Mexico, 



