TAXACEAE 45 



CEPHALOTAXUS 



Trees or shrubs, with linear, flat leaves arranged in 2 ranks by. 

 tortion of the leaf bases. Flowers dioecious. The staminate, 6-11, in 

 axillary, stalked clusters, subtended by imbricated scales; each flower in 

 the axil of a membranous bract, consisting of 7-12 stamens each bearing 

 3-6 anther cells on the under surface of a short-stalked scale. The 

 -pistillate flowers consist of several small, stalked cones in the axils of 

 bracts at the base of terminal shoots; the flower composed of 2-20 scales 

 on a fleshy axis, each bearing 2 naked ovules, only 1 of which develops. 

 At maturity the scales become fleshy and confluent, more or less enclosing 

 the seeds. The seeds large, usually only few in each cone, drupe-like, 

 with reddish-brown or greenish-brown, resinous husk and hard, woody 

 shell. There are 6 closely allied speoies in E. Asia. 



Cephalotaxus f ortunei Hooker. 



Tree 20 m. tall, of graceful habit, with long, slender branches. 

 Branchlets yellowish green and pendulous. Leaves 5-7.5 cm. long, 

 generally falcate, sharp pointed, dark green and lustrous above, pale green 

 beneath. Fruit obovate, greenish-brown or purple. 



China, Burma and Japan. 



China: Kiangsi, Hupeh, Szechuan, Yunnan, Chekiang, and Shensi. 

 • In China this tree is frequently planted near wayside shrines and 

 temples. 



Cephalotaxus drupacea Siebold & Zuccarini. 



A shrub with stiff, spreading branches and leaves shorter than 

 the preceding. 



Central and Western China. 



PODOCARPUS 



Evergreen, resinous trees or rarely shrubs. Leaves alternate, rarely 

 opposite, sometimes 2 ranked, linear, lanceolate or elliptic, sometimes 

 small and appressed. Flowers usually dioecious, axillary or terminal, 

 solitary or in spikes. The staminate flowers often cylindric, composed 

 of numerous spirally arranged, imbricated scales, each bearing a 2-celled 



