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with the leaves in two row^s, w^hile those farther 

 up are strictly fastigiate with spirally arranged 

 fohage. In several of the specimens the lower 

 branches covered a spread of from 10 feet to 12 

 feet in diameter, the foliage being of an intense 

 and healthy green hue. Pollen catkins were pro- 

 duced plentifully on several of the plants, and on 

 both the fastigiate and horizontal branches. The 

 soil is a stifhsh loam on chalk, and as showing how 

 well adapted this Cephalotaxiis is for planting in 

 the shade, I might mention that several of the 

 specimens got little or no direct sunshine. I am 

 now almost convinced that there are not three 

 species of Cephalotaxiis, C. Fortunei, C, pedun- 

 culata (?), and C. dmpacea being identical. There 

 are, however, wide differences in the male and 

 female plants. 



C. PEDUNCULATA sPHAERALis, Masters. — This 

 differs principally in the fruit being almost spheri- 

 cal in shape, instead of oval as in the species. 

 They are produced freely on a goodly-sized speci- 

 men growing on the Churchhill estate. North 

 Ireland, far more freely than is the case with the 

 species alongside which it is planted. The fruit is 

 clustered, sometimes upwards of a dozen together, 

 each berry being fully three-quarters of an inch in 

 diameter, and containing an oval-shaped seed. The 

 habit is more open than that of the species, and 

 the foliage usually shorter. 



From Wiston Park, Steyning, I have received 

 fruiting specimens from several bushes of the 

 above, which conclusively prove that as regards 

 shape of fruit this is a very variable species. The 

 form, with round or spherical berries, C. pedim- 



