Tas. 4499. 
CEPHALOTAXUS Forrunr. 
Mr. Fortune’s Cephalotaxus. 
Nat. Ord. Conrrer#.—Diq@cia PoLyanpRLA. 
Gen. Char. Flores dioici. Amenta staminigera axillaria, e gemmis propriis 
decussatim perulatis composita, amentulis pluribus, bracteis suffultis capitata. 
Stamina in quovis amentulo 4, 6, v. plura, axi alternatim inserta. Filamenta 
teretia, in connectivi processum brevem, squameformem, margine inferiore 
anthere loculos tres, pendulos, postice longitudinaliter dehiscentes geretem pro- 
ducta. -Amenta gemmulifera ex axillis perularum hornotinarum gemme foliiferee, 
in stipite nudo tetragono capitata. Syuame gemmuliferee plerumque octo, de- 
cussate, coriacee. Gemmule sub quavis squama 2, sessiles, singule wrceolo 
preeter apicem pervium adnato incluse, atropi, micropyle supera, plurime abor- 
tive. Fructus in quovis capitulo 2 vy. 3, urceolo adnato clauso, crasse carnoso, 
drupacei. Semen erectum, integumento exteriore osseo, Jaevi, interiore membra- 
naceo, albumini eequabili, nee corrugato adhzrente. Embryo antitropus, axilis, 
cotyledonibus duabus brevibus, radicula cylindrica, supera.—Arbores Japonica, 
ramis secundariis distichis. Gemme perulate, perulis persistentibus, arcte decus- 
satim tmbricatis. Folia alterna, subdisticha, brevissime petiolata, petiolis decur- 
rentibus linearia, mucronato-acuta, parum Jaleata, uninervia, subtus fasciis duabus. 
stomatum latis multiseriatis percursa, per triennium virentia. Amenta stami- 
nigera ex avillis foliorum, stipitibus dense imbricatim bracteatis insidentia, gemmu- 
lifera ex axillis perularum interiorwm in stipitibus nudis. Fructus secundo anno 
maturi. Endl. . 
CrpHatoraxus Fortuni; ramorum foliis exacte distichis sessilibus pectinatim dis- 
positis lineari-acuminatis (8-4 uncialibus) rigidis subtus pallioribus, amentis 
staminigeris globosis brevi-pedunculatis, pedunculo bracteato, amentulis 
bractea late ovata coneava erosa brevioribus. 
Two of the most interesting plants, interesting especially to the 
lovers of arboriculture, among those detected by Mr. Fortune, during 
his present second visit to the north of China, are most assuredly 
the Cupressus Junebris, Endl. (C. pendula, Staunton and Lambert, 
not of Thunberg), and the subject of the present plate. Messrs. 
Standish and Noble, of the Bagshot Nursery, are the fortunate pos- 
Sessors of young plants of both, and have already found them to 
be perfectly hardy in this climate. Both were found by Mr. 
Fortune two hundred miles north of Shang-see, from which 
latter place a Palm (Chamerops eacelsa, Th.) sent to the Royal 
Gardens by Mr. Fortune, has braved, unharmed and unprotected 
by any sort of covering, the severe winter now passed (1849-50). 
MARCH Ist, 1850. 
