rilYLLOCLADUS. 43 



A fine evergreen bush or small tree, found in the neighbour- 

 hood of Yeddo, by Mr. Fortune, who first sent plants of it to 

 Mr. Standish, of the Royal Nursery at Bagshot, in 1861. 



Nagkia ovata variegata, Gordon, the Variegated Ovate- 

 leaved Nagi. 



A handsome variety, with leaves variously marked, some 

 being striped with broad, others with narrow bands, of a 

 creamy-white colour, running the whole length of the leaves 

 like a ribbon ; while other leaves are half white and half 

 green, some again are broadly striped with green down the 

 middle, and margined with creamy-white ; but all of them differ 

 more or less in the manner and form of variegation, all over 

 the plant. 



It was sent to the Royal Nursery at Bagshot by Mr. Fortune, 

 from Japan, in 1861. 



Gen. PHYLLOCLADUS, Richard, the Celery-leaved Pines. 



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Phyllocladus rhomboidalis, Richard, the Celery-topped 



Pine. 

 Syn. Phyllocladus serratifolia. Noisette, 

 „ Taxus serratifolia, Noisette. 

 A beautiful tree, found on the humid mountains of Tasmania, 

 particularly at Cape Van Diemen. 



Page 142. 

 Phyllocladus trichomanoides, R. Browu^ the Maidenhair- 

 like Phyllocladus. 

 A graceful tree, growing from 60 to 80 feet high, with a 

 trunk sometimes from 14 to 16 feet in circumference, near the 

 ground. The timber is hard and heavy, and the bark is used 

 by the natives of New Zealand for dyeing their mats of a red 

 or black colour. • 



