G. 109) ‘CLASSIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION 201 
Podocaérpus Japénica, Sieb. 
(JaPpaAN Popocarpus.) Leaves 
alternate, crowded, flat, linear- 
lanceolate, elongated, quite 
sharp-pointed, narrowed to a 
short though distinct petiole, and 
continued down the stem by two 
ridges; leaves not 2-ranked, 
large, 4 to 8 in. long and 4 in. } 
wide when growing in perfec- SS 
tion; in specimers grown in this 
region, 2 to 5 in. long and 44 in, P. Japonica, 
wide; midrib forms a ridge on both sides; upper side dark glossy 
green; lower side with two broad whitish lines. A beautiful, erect- 
growing, small tree; from Japan; about hardy in central New Jer- 
sey; needs some protection in Massachusetts. 
Genus 109. SALISBURIA. 
Leaves broad, simple, alternate, stipulate, deciduous, 
deeply cut or lobed at the apex, alike on both surfaces, 
with long petioles. Flowers dicecious; staminate ones 
in catkins, pistillate ones either 
solitary or in clusters of a few 
each. Fruit a nut with a drupa- 
ceous covering. 
Salisbiria adiantifolia, Sm. (GINK- 
Go TREE.) Leaves parallel-veined, fan- 
shaped, with irregular lobes at the end, 
thick, leathery, with no midrib. Fruit 
globular or ovate, 1 in. long, on long, 
slender stems. A very peculiar and 
peautiful large tree, 50 to 100 ft. high; 
from Japan. Hardy throughout, and 
should be more extensively cultivated 
than it is. 
