Illustrations of Conifers. 73 



SAXEGOTHiEA CONSPICUA (Lindley). 



Journ. Hort. Soe. Land. VI. p. 258 (1851). 

 Gardeners' Chronicle, Vol. II. series 8, p. 684 (1887). 

 Vol. V. p. 782 (1889). 

 Veitch's Man. Conif. ed. 2, p. 158 (1900). 

 Trees of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. VI. p. 1458 (1912). 



A small tree of yew-like aspect attaining in Chile a height of 30 to 40 

 feet. Bark greyish-brown, scaling like that of a plane tree. Leaves 

 persisting several years, spirally arranged, but thrown into two 

 ranks on lateral branches, linear or oblong-lanceolate, mucronate, 

 \ to 1 inch long, dark-green above with the midrib slightly raised, 

 marked with two glaucous stomatic bands beneath. 



Flowers monoecious, the staminate flowers solitary in the axils 

 of the leaves near the end of the branchlet. Pistillate flowers soli- 

 tary, terminal. Ripe fruit forming a globose cone, \ to -J- inch in 

 diameter, with fleshy scales, coalescing at the base and free at the 

 apex, containing 6 to 12 seeds, which are set free by the separation 

 of the fertile scales. 



Saxegotlicea conspicua was discovered in southern Chile in 1846 

 by Wm. Lobb, the well-known collector, who introduced it into 

 cultivation during the following year. It is rare in cultivation 

 in the British Isles and a feM T only of the original plants survive. 



The illustration represents a specimen obtained from one of 

 these at Strete Ralegh, Exeter. 



