JOINTED YEWS. 47 



No. 1. Arthrotaxis cupressoides, Don, the Cypress-like 



Jointed Yew. 



Syn. Arthrotaxis imbricata., Maule. 

 Cunninghamia cupressoides, Zuccarini. 



Leaves very small, closely inlaid along the branchlets, im- 

 bricated, ovate, blunt-pointed, thick in texture, smooth, and 

 bright glossy green, from one to three lines long, obscurely 

 keeled on the back, and concave on the face, entirely adhering 

 at the base and scariose. Male catkins without foot-stalks, 

 solitary, or in loose heads at the ends of the branchlets, with 

 numerous close, scale-formed leaves at their base. Cones small, 

 roundish, and numerous. Scales wedge or lance-shaped, woody, 

 much thickened at the part which covers the seeds, almost 

 shield-shaped, trigone, and uneven on the surface. Foot-stalks 

 compressed and four-sided. 



A small erect tree, from 20 to 30 feet high, much branched 

 and with numerous branchlets, which are slender, spreading 

 or pendulous, and cylindrical. 



It is found at Lake St. Claire and along Pine River, in Tas- 

 mania, and is tolerably hardy. 



No. 2. Arthrotaxis Gunniana, Hooker, Gunn's Jointed Yew. 



Leaves spirally arranged, spreading, slightly curved upwards, 

 very rigid, linear-lanceolate, widest at the base, regularly 

 tapering to a sharp spiny point, distantly disposed along the 

 branchlets, and without any foot-stalks, convex, and bright 

 glossy green on the back, flat, or slightly concave, and fre- 

 quently entirely covered on the upper surface with a glaucous 



I white powder, and from a quarter to half an inch long, and 

 nearly a line wide at the base. A large bush, with numerous 

 rather long branches and branchlets, which are but little 



I divided, but sometimes drooping at the ends. 



It is a native of Tasmania, and is tolerably hardy. 



