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tains;' particularly in the provinces of Katsuga and Jamato, 

 on the Island of Nippon, in Japan. The Chinese call it " Tceu- 

 pe " (Bamboo-like), on account of its many ribbed leaves re- 

 sembling the Chinese bamboo, and the Japanese "Na" or 

 "Nagi," a term signifying the catkin-bearing laurel. The 

 leaves, also, very much resemble those of the Alexandrian 

 Laurel (Ruscus racemosus) in size and general appearance. 



Naqeia Japonica vaeiegata, Gordon, 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 handsome variety; first sent by Mr. Fortune, from 

 Yeddo, in Japan, to the Royal Nursery, at Bagshot, in 1861. 



No. 6. Nageia Latifolia, Gordon, the Broad-leaved Nagi. 

 Syn. Podocaipus latifolia, Wallich. 

 „ „ zamisefolia, Hort. Belg. 



„ „ pinnata, Hort. 



„ Dammara pinnata, Parmentier. 



Leaves in opposite, or sub-opposite pairs, ovate-lanceolate, 

 spreading, attenuated at the base, much pointed, smooth, very 

 entire, leathery, stiff, and on short footstalks, not more than 

 one or two lines long ; they are in one or two rows, five or sis 

 inches long, and one and a quarter broad, of a bright green on 

 the upper surface and pale beneath, with numerous longitudinal 

 nerves, a little elevated, the larger ones being flat and fur- 

 rowed. Branches, mostly short, slender, , spreading, horizontal, 

 or declining, and quite denuded of the exhaiisted leaves; 

 branchlets cylindrical, and as green as the leaves, the more 

 younger ones being covered with pale, lanceolate, loosely scat- 

 tered, glaucescent leaves. Mowers monoecious, male catkins 

 in bundles of from two to five on a common axillary peduncle, 

 and one inch long. Female flowers few in number,, axillary. 



