30 mardy coniferous trees. 



In light, peaty soil, where shelter is provided, it forms a neat 

 ornamental and highly interesting specimen, and is worthy of 

 greatly extended culture. 



C. pedunculata, Slebold et Zuccarini. iSyno- 

 7tym: — Taxus Harrmgtonia^ Knight.) Japan. 1837. — This 

 is a distinct and free-growing species of small and rather 

 spreading growth, the branches being for the greater part 

 whorled, and the branches flattened and horizontal. Leaves 

 about 2 inches long and \ of an inch wide, distichously ar- 

 ranged, bright green on the upper, and with two distinct 

 glaucous lines on the under sides. 



The fruit is oval in shape, and usually three in a cluster, 

 each being i| inches long, by fully | of an inch in greatest 

 diameter, and produced on a footstalk about |- of an inch in 

 length. 



C. pedunculatafastigiata.^— This distinct and well- 

 marked variety resembles in growth the upright yew, the 

 branches being perfectly erect and the foliage somewhat 

 spirally arranged. Usually, however, some of the branches, 

 particularly those near the ground, have the horizontal growth 

 of the species, while upwards they are strictly fastigiate. The 

 largest specimen in this country is at Penrhyn Castle, and 

 which I had transplanted from the home nursery to a favour- 

 able site some years ago. In this specimen the peculiarity of 

 growth is particularly noticeable, for at 3 feet and 5 feet from 

 the ground several branches are growing in a perfectly 

 horizontal manner, or almost at right angles to the main 

 stem, while both above and below these the branches are 

 strictly fastigiate. The leaves on the horizontal branches are 

 distichously arranged, or in two opposite rows, while those on 

 other parts of the tree are irregularly scattered, or nearly 

 spiral by their closeness along the shoots. As this Cephalo- 

 taxus is little known, the following description of the dis- 

 tinguishing characteristics may be useful : — In habit and 

 foliage it nearly approaches the Irish yew, but the branches 



1 For a full account of this interesting shrub, see article by the present writer in 

 The Gardai, vol. xxx., 1886. 



