TAXACEAE. — PODOCARPUS 9 



This variety is distinguished from the type by its broadly ovoid, smoother, 

 slightly compressed seeds which are slightly 2-angIed (never 3 or 4-angled), and more 

 prommently apiculate at the summit, by its smaller winter-buds composed of 

 rounded scales without a keel on the back, and by its more falcate leaves, con- 

 vex above with the middrib very slightly raised. The specimens from Szech'uan 

 dm er from the Hupeh plant which represents the type, in their brighter green, 

 more falcate and somewhat larger leaves, generally 2-3 cm. long and 2.5-4 mm. 



wide. The description of the seeds refers to the Szech'uan plant which is in 

 cultivation. 



Tazushaccata Linnaeus is well distinguished from T. cuspidata Siebold & Zuc- 

 canni and its var. chinensis by its longer (6-7 mm.), ellipsoid seed. Both T. cus- 

 pidata and the var. chinensis fruit much more freely than T. baccata: branches 

 Irequently producing fruit from every leaf-axil. 



on(3?^ Chinese Yew occurs scattered through western Hupeh and Szech'uan up to 

 ^UUU m. al itude and more especially in regions where hard carboniferous limestone 

 prevails. It is nowhere common but here and there very fine specimens occui, 

 trees 15 m and more tall with trunks more than 1 m. in diameter and massive, 

 wide-spreadmg branches. The bark on old trees is red-brown and the leaves are 

 always very dark green. When dry the leaves assume a rich brown color on the 

 underside and the same is true of the type, T, cuspidata Siebold & Zuccarini. A 

 Chinese name for this tree is " Hung-tao-sha " (Red Bean Fir). 



Pictures of this tree will be found under Nos. 374, 375, 376 of the collection of 

 Wilson s photographs and also in his Vegetation of Western China, No. 483. 



To complete the enumeration of the Taxaceae of central and western China, a 

 note on Podocarpus neriifoUus which was not collected during the Arnold Arbore- 

 tum Expeditions may be added here. 



PODOCARPUS L'H(Srit. 



^^^^f'^^^^/'^^^^^olius D. Don in Lambert, Descr. Pinus, II. 21 (pro parte) 

 (1824); ed. mmor 142 (1832). — Hooker in Bot. Mag. XXXVIII. t. 4655 (1852). — 

 Masters m Jour. Linn, Soc. XXVL 548 (1902) ; LXXVII. 414 (1906). — Pilger in 

 SITqS?'''*^^''* '^^*~^' ^^^ {Taxaceae) (1903).— Patschkein Bot. Jahrb. XLVIII. 



Podocarpus macrophylla WaUich, Tent. Fl. Nepal. 56, t. 43 (non D. Don) 

 (1824), excludendis synon.; Cat. No. 6052^ (1830). — Franchet in Jour, 

 de Bot. XIII. 265 (1899). — Pritzel in Bot, Jahrb, XXIX. 213 (1900). — 

 Masters m Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 548 (1902). — Patschke in Bot, Jahrb. 

 XLVIII. 629 (pro parte) (1913). 



213 (1900). 



XXIX 



Western Szech'uan: Mt. Omei, alt. 1000 m., planted, October 1903 (Veitch 

 Exped. No. 3007; tree 16 m. tall.) 



This handsome tree is occasionally planted around temples in the warmer part 

 of bzech'uan and more especially on Mount Omei. 



