IT. 



TAXACE^E. 



Tribe SALISBURINE^;. 



1. Ginkgo, L. } 



(1.) G. biloba, L. (Salisburia adiantifolia, Sm.) The " Maiden-hair tree." 

 A remarkably beautiful tree for cold situations, and very easy of culture. 

 One of the few deciduous Taxaceae. Height, usually 20-30 feet, but may 

 attain a much larger size. It should be in every collection. There is a good 

 specimen in the Botanic Gardens, Sydney, which fruits abundantly every 

 year, but it does not attain its full development there. The leaves and vena- 

 tion resemble those of huge maiden-hair fern leaves, except in size ; the fruit, 

 hardly so pointed as figured in Veitch, is an inch long and more, almost 

 orange- coloured, with a " bloom," the flesh acrid or rancid smelling, while the 

 seeds are stated to be eaten in Japan. For a note on the uses of the fruit of 

 the Ginkgo, see "The Garden," llth May, 1901, p. 341. 



Those who desire to know more about this interesting tree may refer to 

 " A Chapter in the History of the Coniferse (Ginkgo)," Nature, xxiii, 251. 

 It is propagated readily from cuttings. 

 M 30, L 6 c, 15 b, 26* (Sydney Botanic Gardens). 



2. Cephalotaxus, Sieb. and Zucc. 

 Closely allied botanical ly to Ginkgo. 



" The fruits of both genera are destitute of an aril, its place being taken 

 by the testa of the seed, which becomes succulent. The seed or nut, which 

 is enclosed in a hard ligneous shell, is covered with a brown membrane, the 

 lower half of which is adherent to the shell. There is also a well-marked 

 pollen chamber in the nucellus of the seed."f (Veitch's Manual of Conifer ce, 

 2nd edition, p. 111.) 



The genus comes from China, Japan, and the Himalayas. 



(1.) C. Fortunei, Hooker. See Bot. Mag., t. 4499. 



A shrub or small tree, with beautiful foliage, reminding most Australians 

 of that of a Burrawang (Macrozamia), though the leaflets of the former are 

 smaller. Sydney is too warm for its full development. It is the strongest 

 growing of the genus in Sydney. It will do better in cold climates. 



M 25, L 33 (Sydney Botanic Gardens). 



(2.) C. drupacea, Sieb. and Zucc. 



This is a native of Japan, and a low bush or small tree. It will succeed in- 

 many parts of New South Wales. 



L 34 d, M 25 (Sydney Botanic Gardens). 



* These numbers refer to the " Guide (with plan) to the Sydney Botanic Gardens," 

 8vo., pp. 108 ; price 6d., postage 2d. extra. 



+ Masters in Journ. Linn. Soc., xxx, 4 (1893). 



