-LXXVII. CONI/FERE 1 CUNNINGHA MLA. 1065 
in Britain, that young plants 
sometimes remain a whole year 
without making any shoot what- 
ever ; and that, at other times, 
the same plants require two 
years to perfect one shoot, that 
Is, the shoot continues slowly 
increasing in length from the 
midsummer of one year to that 
of the year following. The 
treatment of this tree, when 
raised from seeds, may be con- 
sidered in all respects the same 
as that of the cedar; regard 
being had to the different size 
of the seeds, which will, of 
course, require a thicker cover- 
ing. Abundance of seeds have 
lately been imported, from which 
many young plants have been 
raised, and extensively distri- 
buted. Fig. 1986. shows the 
manner in which the seeds ger- 
minate; a, the first appearance 
of the radicle ; 4, the plumular, 
or young, shoot, in an advanced 
state. 
A. brasilidna Rich., A. ex- 
célsa Ait., and A. Cunninghamii 
Ait., are half-hardy species, 
which will be found described 
at length, accompanied by nu- 
merous figures, in our first 1986. A: tabeleatas 
edition, p. 1440. to p. 1445. 
Genus VII. 
CUNNINGHAMI4 R.Br. Tue Cunnincnamia. Zin. Syst. Monce'cia 
Monadélphia. 
Synonymes. Pinus Lamb., Bélis Salisb. 
“ Derivation. Named, by Mr. Brown, in honour of Mr. James Cunningham, * an excellent observer 
in his time, by whom this plant was discovered ; and in honour of Mr. Allan Cunningham, the 
very deserving botanist who accompanied Mr. Oxley in his first expedition into the interior of 
New South Wales, and Captain King in all his voyages of survey of the coast of New Holland.” 
(Bot. Mag., t. 2743.) 
Gen, Char. Male flowers in grouped catkins. Pollen contained in 3 cases 
that depend from the scale. Female with 3 ovules. Strobile ovate. 
Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, evergreen ; solitary, scattered in 
insertion, more or less 2-ranked in direction ; flat, acuminate, and serrulate. 
— Only one species has been discovered, which is an evergreen moderate 
sized tree, a native of China. 
2 1. C. stne’nsis Rich. The Chinese Cunninghamia, or broad-leaved 
Chinese Fir. 
Identification. Rich. Conif., p. 149. t. 18.; Lamb. Pin., ed 2., 2. t. 53. 
Synonymes. Bélis jaculifolia Salish. in Lin. Trans. 8. p.316.; Pinus lanceolata Lamb. Moncg 
Mea 1. t. 34.3; Cunninghamiéa lanceolata #. Br.; Araucaria lanceolata Hort. 
