66 Illustrations of Conifers. 



CEPHALOTAXUS PEDUNCULATA {Siebold and Zuccarini). 



Fl. Jap., Fam. Nat. II. 108 (1846). 



Gardener*' Chronicle, Vol. XXI. p. 118 (1884). 



I eitchs Man. Conif. ed. 2, p. 114 (1900). 



Trees of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. VI. p. 1471 (1912). 



A large shrub with spreading branches. Branchlets green, furrowed. 

 Buds cylindric-conic with imbricated scales. Leaves spirally dis- 

 posed in two lateral sets, forming a V-shaped arrangement on the 

 upper side of the branchlet, pointing upwards and outward, linear, 

 sub-sessile, dark shining green above ; pale below with two broad 

 bands of stomata on either side of the midrib, shortly acuminate 

 or mucronate, unequal in length, about 2 inches long, generally 

 shorter than those of C. Fortuni and less acuminate. 



Staminate flowers on peduncles about \ inch long ; peduncles 

 and flower-heads with ovate bracts. Fruit drupe-like, fleshy, ellip- 

 soid, about 1 inch long. 



Var. fastigiata (Carriere) is a remarkable form of columnar habit, 

 with upright branches and spreading radially-arranged leaves which 

 are of a darker green colour than in the typical form. 



Cephalotaxus pedunculata is intermediate in character between 

 C. drupacea and C. Fortuni, and is probably a hybrid between 

 them. It is clearly distinct in its pedunculate male flowers. The 

 foliage is of a paler green than (J. drupacea but darker than C. 

 Fortuni. 



This species has been long cultivated in Japan, where it was 

 introduced from Korea or China. It was brought into the Botanic 

 Gardens at Leyden by Dr. Siebold with C. drupacea. In this country 

 it has been known as a garden plant since 1837, and was formerly 

 cultivated under the name of Taxus Harringtonia. 



The illustration represents a specimen obtained from the Ar- 

 boretum at Kew. 



