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CLASSIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION 



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Podoc&rpus Jap6nica, Sieb. 

 (JAPAN PODOCARPUS.) 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 y z in. 

 wide when growing in perfec- 

 tion ; in specimens grown in this 

 region, 2 to 5 in. long and % in. p - Ja * 6nlca - 



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. SALISBtTRIA. 



Leaves broad, simple, alternate, stipulate, deciduous, 

 deeply cut or lobed at the apex, alike on both surfaces, 

 with long petioles. Flowers dioecious; staminate ones 

 in catkins, pistillate ones either 

 solitary or in clusters of a few 

 each. Fruit a nut with a drupa- 

 ceous covering. 



Salisburia 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 

 beautiful large tree, 50 to 100 ft. high ; 

 from Japan. Hardy throughout, and 

 should be more extensively cultivated 

 than it is. 



