COXIFKE.E. 149 



Male flowers of this conifer were first collected by Mr. S. SASAKI in 

 1911 and also by Mr. K. UIMATSU, in the following year, although female 

 flowers had been previously sent to me several times. The description here 

 given will complete the original which lacks an account about male. The 

 male flowers of Tahcania are almost the same as those of Cunninghamia in 

 the main character, though the number of flowers contained in an involucre 

 is considerably smaller in the former than in the latter. The only point which 

 I can find for distinction between the two genera regarding the structure of 

 male flowers, is that pedicels of the stamina! column of the former are jointed 

 on the middle, while those of the latter are not articulated. 



