394 THE BOOK OF EVERGREENS. 



3< C. pcdunculata, /Siebold. Is a beautiful, large species 

 from Japan, frequently attaining the height of 20 or 25 

 feet. It is occasionally sold under the synonym of Taxus 

 Harringtonil, London, and also known as Taxus Sinensis, 

 Knight, as well as Taxus InuJcaja, of the same author, 

 the latter appellation meaning literally a " Wild Yew." 

 The leaves are very long, dark, and glossy, and the tree 

 produces large, drupaceous fruit, borne on long peduncles ; 

 hence its specific name. It is reported to be very hand- 

 some and desirable. 



I, umbraculifera, Siebold. Is another Japanese 

 species, with shorter leaves than the preceding, but also 

 very dark and glossy. The branches spread out horizon- 

 tally, and are arranged in regular whorls. The fruit 

 borne by this species is perhaps the largest of the genus, 

 being about the size of a small walnut. It is also found 

 growing in the northern portions of China, and we may 

 hope that it will succeed with us. 



30. PODOCARPUS, L'Heritier. 



Flowers axillary, and mostly dioecious. Fruit, drupe- 

 like and inverted, with a bony testa to the seeds. Cotyle- 

 dons, 2. Leaves, one-nerved, opposite, alternate or scat- 

 tered, linear or oblong. 



So few species out of this very large genus will survive 

 our winters, that until within a few years past the whole 

 appeared to be proscribed in this country. But as a por- 

 tion of them became better known and more fully tested, 

 this prejudice against them passed away, and we may con- 

 fidently expect to succeed with a few of the hardier kinds. 



The derivation of the name is from the Greek " pous" 



