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common or Wild Maki), and the Japanese one, " Inu-Maki " 

 (false, or spurious Maki). "Maki" is the name commonly ap- 

 plied, both in China and Japan, to all the large-leaved, Yew- 

 like plants — such as Podocarpus, Sciadopitys, &c. 



PoDOCAEPUS Chinensis aurea, Gordon, the Golden Varie- 

 gated Chinese Podocarpus. 



This variety differs from the original form of the plant, in 

 having its leaves sometimes one half golden yeUow, or fur- 

 nished with yellow marginal borders, or striped down the 

 middle like a ribbon. 



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

 Fortune, from Japan, in 1861. 



PoDOCAEPUS Chinensis aegentea, Gordon, the Silver Varie- 

 gated Chinese Podocarpus. 



Another fine variegated variety, with silvery-white striped 

 leaves, variously marked, sometimes with broad bands running 

 the entire length of the leaf, like a ribbon, while other leaves 

 are half white and half green, or all white and all green. 



This handsome variety was first sent to the Royal Nursery 

 at Bagshot, in 1861, by Mr. Fortune, from the neighbourhood 

 of Yeddo, in Japan. 



No. 8. PoDOCAEPUS c'oeiacea, Richard, the Leathery-leaved 



Podocarpus. 



Syn. Podocarpus Yacca, Bon. 

 „ „ Antillarum, E. Brown. 



„ Taxus tenuifolia, Wiclcstroim. 



Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, tolerably thick, leathery, shining, 

 sessile, or tapering to the base into a very short foot-stalk, 

 getting narrower to the apex, and terminating in an almost 

 obtuse point ; from two to three inches long, and nearly half 

 an inch broad in the widest part, with an elevated mid-rib 

 running along the centre on both sides, but largest on the 

 under surface. Branches spreading, horizontal, alternate, or 



