PINETUM DANICUM. 



305 



(3r. heterophyllus, Endl. Syn. Conif. 70. Thuya Imeata, Poir. 

 Diet, suppl. V. 305. T. Imeata (3 lavandulsefoUa, Poir. I.e. T. pen- 

 silis^ Staunt. Embassy to China, 436. Taxodium japonicum, 

 |3 heterophyllum, Brongn. I.e. Taxodium japonicum, Brongn. Ann. 

 Sc. ser. 2, xii. 232. T. sinense, Forb. Pinet. Wob. 179. Schuhertia 

 japonica, Spach, Hist. Yeg. Plian. xv. 352. Taxodium Horsjieldii, 

 Kniglit. Taxus nucifera, hort. (not Thunb.). Gupressus nucifera^ 

 Denhardt in Heeb. Vindob. Taxodium heterophyllum, Brongn. 

 Ann. Sc. ser. 1, xxx. 184. 



Habitat. — China, in the neighbourhood of Canton, and along the 

 banks of the river Whampoa. The limits of its distribution have not 

 yet been ascertained. 



Introduced into Europe early in the present century. 



Gr. h. pendulus, Endl. Syn. Conif. 71. Taxodium distichum 

 pendidum Carriere, Traite Gener. Conif. ed. 2, 182. T. distichum 

 sinense, hort. T. sinense pendulum, Forb. Pinet. Wob. 180. T. 

 distichum sinense pendidum, Loud. Encycl. of Trees, 1078. T. sinense, 

 hort. Nois. Gord. Pinet. 309. 



G. h. pendulus novus. Taxodium distichum pendulum novum, 

 P. Smith. 



All the forms of Glyptostrobus may be hardy, but it is not yet 

 certainly determined, as the plants under observation are still young. 



14. SEQUOIA.— Endl. Conif. 197 ; Torrey in Report of 

 Bot. of Whippl. Expedit. 84 ; Carr. Conif. 163 and 209 ; Gord. 

 Pinet. 303, and pi. auct. Taxodii sp. Lamb. Pinet. ed. 2, 

 107, t. 48 ; Winslow in Californ. Farm, for 1854. Wellingtonia, 

 Lindl. in Gard. Chron. 1853, 823. Washingtonia, Winslow, I.e. 

 Schubertia (?) sp. Spach, Hist, des Veg. Phaner. xi. 533 ; Pari, in 

 D. C. Prodr. xvi. 2, 435 ; Bot. Mag. t. 4777 and 4778 ; Koch, 

 Dendr. ii. 187 ; Henk. and Hockst. Syn. der Nadelh. 221 ; Ic. in 

 Flore des Serres, t. 892 and 893 ; Dcsne. in Rev. Hort. ser. 4, iv. 

 10 and 11, fig. 12; Eichl. in Engl, and Prantl. Natiirl. Pflf. ii. 

 p. 85 ; Bull. Bot. Soc. France, i. 70 ; Gray in Proc. Am. 

 Acad. iii. 94 ; Am. Journ. Sc. ser. 2, xvii. 440, xviii. 150 ; Torrey 

 in Pacific R.R. Rep. iv. 140 ; Blake in Pacific R.R. Rep. v. 257, 

 t. 13 ; Newberry in Pacific R.R. Rep. vi. 90 ; Cooper in Smithsonian 

 Rep. 1858, 263 ; Wood, Bot. of Fl. 315 ; Bloomer in Proc. California 

 Acad. iii. 397 ; Hoopes, Evergreens, 239 ; Bertrand in Ann. Sc. Nat. 

 ser. 5, XX. 114 ; Yasey, Cat. Forest Trees, 36 ; Muir. in Proc. Am. 

 Assoc. XXV. 242 ; Watson, Bot. California, ii. 117 ; Beissner, Nadel- 

 holzk. 156. 



Flowers monoecious, solitary, and often terminal. 



Cones small in the Sequoia, sub-globular, or obtusely oval, and 

 ligneous. In the formerly called Wellingtonia they are twice as 

 large. 



