372 SAXE-GOTH^EA. 



in the province of Figo, and the wooded mountains of Yoko- 

 hama, in Japan. It is also found cultivated in the Japanese 

 gardens about Yeddo as a bush, from four to six feet high, 

 where they have the following variety also in cultivation. 

 It is tender, and called " Sinobu-hiba " in Japan. 



Retinospora squarrosa vartegata, Siebold. 



Syn. Ohamsecyparis squarrosa variegata, Endlicher. 



This variety differs in having some of its branchlets and 

 leaves of a white colour, intermixed with the ordinary green 

 ones in a variegated manner. 



Gen. SAXE-GOTH^EA. Lindley. Prince Albert's Yew. 



Flowers monoecious, or male and female separate, but on 

 the same plant ; male flowers in spikes, female ones in globular 

 heads. 



Fruit composed of several consolidated free scales, formed 

 into a solid fleshy cone. 



Seeds a pale brown, glossy, oval nut, with a short, thin, 

 jagged membrane, enveloping the base of the seed only. 



Leaves alternate, scattered, or somewhat two-rowed, leathery, 

 and flat. 



Named in compliment to his Ro} T al Highness Prince Albert.] 



A large bush or small tree, found on the mountains of Pata- 

 gonia. 



Saxe-Goth/EA conspicua, Lindley, the Remarkable Saxe- 



Gothrea. 



Syn. Taxus Patagonica, Hort. 

 Leaves alternate, and scattered, or somewhat in two rows 

 on the branchlets, leathery, stiff, linear, or oblong-lanceolate, 

 somewhat sickle-shaped, slightly twisted and reflected, from 

 half to one inch and a half long, and from one to two lines 

 broad, slightly convex on the upper surface, and with a toler 



