84 Illustrations of Conifers. 



CUNNINGHAMIA KONISHII {Hayata). 



Gardeners' ChronicU, Vol. XLIII. p. 194 (1908). 



A tree attaining in the mountains of Formosa 100 feet in height 

 and 20 feet in girth. Bark reddish-brown. Leaves spirally ar- 

 ranged, linear, falcate, pointed at the apex, twisted at the base, 

 about J to | inch long, coriaceous in texture, greyish-green, with 

 two broad bands, each composed of many stomatic lines on both 

 surfaces. Cones ovoid, | to 1 inch long with rounded scales, 

 the upper margin of which ends in a sharp mucro. 



CunningJbamia Konishii was named after its discoverer, Mr. N. 

 Konishi who found it on Mount Randai, Formosa, at 7,000 feet 

 feet altitude, in 1907. In habit it is intermediate between Canning - 

 hamia sinensis and Taiwania. It differs however from C. sinensis 

 in having stomata on both leaf surfaces ; in the smaller cones, and 

 also in the arrangement and shape of the leaves, which persist for 

 eight years instead of five. The timber is similar to that of Cupres- 

 8us, and has a very characteristic odour. 



It is not in cultivation. 



The illustration represents a specimen obtained by Mr. Firth, 

 Vice-Consul at Tamsui, Formosa, at the request of Capt. L. Clinton- 

 Baker, R.N. 



