Juniperus] 



CXIV. COXIFER-E 



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Inner arid ranges and valleys of the North-West Himalaya, as far as Nepal, 

 5-14,000 ft. PI. in summer, the fr. ripens in Sept. of the second year. — Afghanistan. 

 Persia. Mascat. Nearly allied to and probably not different from J. excelaa, M. 

 Bieb., a tree of the mountains of Asia Minor and Syria, with which it was identified 

 in my old Forest Flora. 4. J. Wallichiana, Hook. f. & Thorns. — Syn. J. pseudo-sabina, 

 Fisoh. & Mey.; Hook. f. in Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 646. Himalaya 9-15,000 ft., extending 

 into the dry region of Western Tibet and Kunawar. In the North-West a large 

 gregarious shrub, covering extensive areas at the limit of tree vegetation, associated 

 with the alpine Birch and Rhododendron campanulalum. In the inner ranges of 

 Sikkim. a tree with spreading branches, attaining 60 ft. (the black Juniper, Hook. 

 Him. Journ. ii. 55). Foliage bushy, the scale-like 1. opposite, decussate, ovate, in 4 

 rows, so as to make the branehlets 4-sided, more or less keeled at the back, apex not 

 closely appressed. Berries ovoid, acute, J— J in. long, blue when ripe, seed 1. 



Cryptomeria japonica, Don. China and Japan. A stately fast-growing tree with 

 dark green foliage, heart-wood fragrant, dark reddish-brown. L. sharply quad- 

 rangular, the lower edge decurrent upon the branch. Fl. monoecious, male catkins 

 J-J in. long, clustered at the ends of branehlets, anther-cells 3-5 at the base of scales, 

 pollen globose. Cones globose at the ends of branehlets. the axis often growing out into a 

 leafy shoot. Supporting scales acuminate, half adnate to the ovuliferous scales, ovules 

 erect, 2 at the base of each scale. Mature cones j in. diam., scales woody pectinate, 

 and persistent after the seeds have fallen. Seeds J-J in. long, compressed angular, 

 with a narrow sharp edge. This valuable tree has been planted with other species 

 on a very large scale in Japan, more than 200 years ago, a proof of the wonderful 

 foresight of the great Japanese nation. 



7. PODOCARPUS, L'Herit. : Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 649. 



Shrubs or large trees, 1. linear, lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, sometimes 

 small, appressed. Fl. usually dioecious, $ axillary, solitary or fascicled, often 

 cylindric, antheriferous scales numerous, imbricate, with two cells on the 

 under side, pollen-grains with two large round wings. <J usually solitary 

 and pedunculate. Ovules reflexed on a stalk, consisting of connate bract and 

 scale. Seed globose or ovoid, seated on the enlarged fleshy stalk, testa often 

 fleshy outside, cotyledons 2. 



1. P. neriifolia, Don. — 

 Syn. Nageia /tract cat a, Kurz. 

 Vera. GUnsi, Nep. ; Thittninpo, 



Burin. 



A tall tree, branches whorled, 

 bark thin, fibrous, wood light 

 yellow, even-grained, moder- 

 ately hard. I ;. scattered, linear, 

 thickly coriaceous, 5-10 in. 

 long, midrib prominent on both 

 surfaces. PL <J 1-2 in. long, 

 sessile, clustered. Seeds solitary, 

 globose, {-l in. diam. 



Nepal, sikkim. evergreen for- 

 ests of il uter hills, ascending to 



8,1 II. A-s.'im. Kliasi hills. 



i i liar. ChittagODg. Andaman-. 



:i i : he botl i valleys, nol on i he 



hill>. often gregarious. Evergreen 

 forest - "i i he Bit hoko range, M 1 1 

 taban, -J 8,000 ft. I '.P.. Mai I >9 

 Tenasserim (Kurz). Wood highly 

 prized in Burma. The leaves re- 

 main - 3 ears on i he branches. 



2. P. latifolia, Wall. PI. is. 

 Rar. t, 80; Bedd. Fl, Sylv. t. 

 257.— Syn. /'. WaUichianus, 0. 

 Presl ; Pilger in Engler'a Pnanzenreich iv. 5, 59 

 Vera, Nirambali, Tarn, : Thitmin ma, Burm. 



Podocarpus latifolia, Wall. J. 



Wu/i ia I at if i ilia, Gordon. 



