42 SUPPLEMENT TO THE PINETUM. 



China and Japan, forming a tree from 30 to 60 feet high, and is 

 called by the Chinese " Tceu-pe'' (Bamboo-like), on account 

 of its many-ribbed leaves, resembling those of the Chinese 

 bamboo. 



NxVGETA Japonica variegata, (7orc?on, the Variegated Japan 



Laurel. 



This fine variety has its variegated leaves variously marked, 

 with pale yellow stripes "running their whole length like a 

 ribbon. 



It is a handsomely marked variety ; first sent by Mr. For- 

 tune, from Yeddo, in Japan, to the Eoyal Nursery at Bagshot, 

 in 1861. 



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Nageia LATiroLiA, Govdon, the Broad -leaved Nagi. 

 Syn. Dammara pinnata, Parmentier. 

 A nice small evergreen tree, growing from 20 to 30 feet 

 high, found on the lofty mountains in Eastern Bengal. 



Nageia ovata, Gordon, the Ovate-leaved Japan Nagi. 

 Leaves, mostly in opposite pairs, but sometimes alternate, 

 broadly egg-shaped, or rounded towards the base, and with a 

 short, blunt, brown, marcescent point ; they, however, vary 

 very much, both in size and shape, some being oblong-lanceo- 

 late, others elliptic, while the greater part of them are more or 

 less orbicular or broadly ovate, and from Ig to 2| inches long, 

 and from 1 to li inch broad at the widest part j of a deep glossy 

 green above, and light green below ; quite entire, flat, leathery, 

 and marked on the under side with numerous longitudinal 

 nerves, very slightly elevated, except towards the base of the 

 leaf, where they are more developed, and unite in the short, 

 but broad footstalk of the leaf. Branches, alternate or op- 

 posite, spreading, rather slender, and more or less declining; 

 lateral ones, not numerous, but spreading ; male catkins in fas- 

 cicles on a common footstalk. Fruit unknown. 



