Illustrations of Conifers. 65 



CEPHALOTAXUS FORTUNI (W. J. Hooker). 



Botanical Magazine, t. 4499 (1850). 



Gardeners' ChronicU, Vol. XXI. p. 114 (1884) with Jig. 



Veitch's Man. Conif. ed. 2, p. 118 (1900). 



Trees of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. VI. p. 1470 (1912). 



A tree attaining in Central China a height of 40 feet ; usually in 

 cultivation an irregularly branched shrub seldom exceeding 20 feet 

 in height. Branchlets green, furrowed. Buds ovoid, with ovate- 

 lanceolate, imbricate scales. Leaves pectinate, spreading outwards 

 in two lateral sets, 2 to 3 inches long, linear, gradually acuminate, 

 tapering at the base into a short twisted petiole, curved at the 

 sharp point, dark shining green above ; pale below, with two broad 

 bands of stomata on either side of the midrib. 



Male flowers globose, I inch in diameter, on a short scaly 

 stalk, arranged in pairs in the axils of leaves. Fruit drupe- 

 like, fleshy, ovoid, an inch or more in length and about J inch in 

 diameter, olive green when ripe. 



Cephalotaxw Fortttni was introduced in 1848 by Robert For- 

 tune who discovered it in the province of Chekiang. 



The specimen illustrated was obtained from the Arboretum at 

 Kew. 



