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species of small and rather spreading growth, the 

 branches being for the greater part whorled, and 

 the branchlets flattened and horizontal. Leaves 

 about 2 inches long and one-quarter of an inch 

 wide, distichously arranged, bright green on the 

 upper and with two distinct glaucous lines on the 

 under sides. It is probably a hybrid between 

 C. Fortiinei and C. drupacea. 



The male and female plants vary greatly in 

 appearance, the foliage of the latter being generally 

 shorter and of a paler green colour than that of the 

 former. The fruit is oval in shape, and usually three 

 in a cluster, each being i^ inches long by fully three- 

 quarters of an inch in length. Male flowers oval- 

 shaped on short footstalks, one-eighth of an inch 

 long, and pendent from the axils of the leaves. This 

 is an excellent shrub for planting in shady positions. 



C. PEDUNCULATA FASTIGIATA, Cavnere. (Syn- 

 onym : Taxus japonica, Hort.) — This distinct 

 and well-marked variety resembles in growth 

 the upright yew, the branches being perfectly 

 erect and the fohage somewhat spirally arranged. 

 Usually, however, some of the branches, par- 

 ticularly those near the ground, have the hori- 

 zontal growth of the species, while upwards 

 they are strictly fastigiate. The largest specimen 

 in this coimtry is at Penrhyn Castle, and which 

 I had transplanted from the home nursery to a 

 favourable site some years ago. In this specimen 

 the peculiarity of growth is particularly notice- 

 able, for at 3 feet and 5 feet from the ground 

 several branches are growing in a perfectly hori- 

 zontal manner, or almost at right angles to the 

 main stem, while both above and below these 



