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Taiwania eryptomerioides (Pinaceae), 46980. Prom 
Japan. Seeds presented by the Arnold Arboretum, Jamaic a 
Plain, Mass. An. interesting evergreen tree, which may- 
attain a height of 50 meters (164 ft.) and a diameter 
of 2 meters (6| ft.), found at an elevation of 6,000 
feet on the slopes of Mt . Morrison in Formosa (Taiwan) . 
The leaves are of two kinds: those on the old wood are 
triangular and about one-fifth of an inch long, while 
those on the new growth are linear-falcate and more 
than half an inch in length. The subglobose cones, 
about half an inch long, resemble those of Cunninghamla, 
but the general habit of the plant is that of Crypto- 
meria. (Adapted from Journal of the Linnean Society, 
Botany, vol. 37, p. 330, and Tokyo Botanical Magazine, 
vol. 21, p. 21, pi. 1, 1907.) 
Notes on Behavior of Previous Introductions. 
A letter from Mr. Geo. E. Vinnedge, Supt . Engr. 
Park Dept., Fort Worth, Texas, dated April 4, f919, 
states the following: 
"Some six years ago we received a specimen of 
Pistaeia ehinensis (S. P. I. No. 24659) which is planted in 
the City Hall grounds, and is now 12 feet tall and 
measures 3| inches in diameter at the base. It is 
just now, April 4, putting out its first leaves this 
spring. I think it will eventually prove a valuable 
tree in this climate." 
