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fruit in clusters of twos and threes, each with a single seed 

 enclosed in a fleshy envelope about the size of a damson or 

 wild plum, and ripening the second year. 



The Japanese species are found growing abundantly on the mountains 

 of Nippon and Jesso, at 1,000 to 2,000 feet elevation, and always 

 below Thuiopsis dolabrata. They are shapeless bushes, seldom exceeding 

 6 to 8 feet in height, and form a part of the undergrowth of the 

 woods composed of Maples, Cryptomeria, Abies, &c. 



In Great Britain the Cephalotaxi are tolerably hardy, but their growth 

 is slow. They should be planted in the shade of other trees where 

 their foliage retains its deep glossy green as well as its persistency. 

 Under full exposure to the sun the leaves often become discoloured, 

 and manifestly unhealthy; they soon fall off, and the plant has a 

 bare and unfurnished appearance. Besides being shaded the Cephalotaxi 

 should also be sheltered from cold winds, and the soil in which they 

 are planted should be moist, but sufficiently drained. Under these 

 conditions alone do they appear to thrive in this country. 



Cephalotaxus from KE<j>aXrj (kephale), " head " and rdfae (taxos) 

 " the Yew ; " in reference to the staminate flowers, which are 

 small globular heads, with short, footstalks, produced from the axils 

 of the leaves. 



Cephalotaxus drupacea— A straggling shrub, with horizontal 

 frondose branches, and with the secondary branches and branchlets 

 short, stiff, and quite flat. The leaves are from three-fourths of an 



