Juniperus] 



CXIV. CONIFEEiE 



695 



Inner arid ranges and valleys of the Nortli-West Himalaya, as far as Kepal, 

 5-14,000 ft. Fl. in summer, the fr. ripens in Sept. of the second year. — Afghanistan. 

 Persia. Mascat. Nearly allied to and probably not different from J, excelsa^ M. 

 Bieb., a tree of the mountains of Asia Minor and Syria, with which it was identified 

 in my old Forest Flora. 4. J. WallicMana, Hook. f. & Thoms.— Syn. J. pseudo-sahina,, 

 Fisch. & Mey. •, Hook. f. in Fl. Brit. Ind. y. 646. Himalaya 9-15,000 ft., extending 

 into the dry region of Western Tibet and Kunawar. In the North- West a large 

 gregarious shrub, covering extensive areas at the limit of tree vegetation, associated 

 with^ the alpine Birch and Wiododendro?i campmiulatum. In the inner ranges of 

 Silvkim, a tree with spreading branches, attaining 60 ft. {the hlach Juniper^ Hook. 

 Him. Journ. ii. 55). Foliage bushy, the scale-like 1. opposite, decussate, ovate, in 4 

 rows, so as to make the branchlets 4-sided, more or less keeled at the back, apex not 

 closely appressed. Berrieb ovoid, acute, |-^ in. long, blue when ripe, seed 1. 



Cryptomeria japonica, Don. China and Japan. A stately fast-growing tree with 

 dark green foliage, heart-wood fragrant, dark reddish-brown. L. sharply quad- 

 rangular, the lower edge decurrent upon the branch. Fl. monoecious, male catkins 

 l~l in. long, clustered at the ends of branchlets, anther-cells 3-5 at the base of scales, 

 pollen globose. Cones globose at the ends of branchlets, the axis often growing out into a 

 leafy shoot. Supporting scales acuminate, half adnate to the ovuliferous scales, ovules 

 erect, 2 at the base of each scale. Mature cones | in. diam., scales woody pectinate, 

 and persistent after the seeds have fallen. Seeds -J-J in. long, compressed angular, 

 with a narrow sharp edge. This valuable tree has been planted with other species 

 on a very large scale in Japan, more than 200 years ago, a proof of the wooderful 

 foresight of the great Japanese nation. 



7. PODOCARPUS, L'Herit. ; M. Brit. Ind. v. 649. 



Shrubs or large trees, 1. linear, lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, sometimes 

 small, appressed. Fl. usually dioecious, (^ axillary, solitary or fascicled, often 

 cylindric, antheriferous scales numerous, imbricate, with two cells on the 

 under side, pollen-grains with two large round wings. ? usually solitary 

 and pedunculate. Oyules reflexed on a stalk, consisting of connate bract and 

 scale. Seed globose or ovoid, seated on the enlarged fleshy stalk, testa often 

 fleshy outside, cotyledons 2. 



1. P. neriifolia, Don.— 

 Syn. Nageia hracteata^ Kurz, 

 Vern. Gun si ^ Nep. ; Thitminpo^ 

 Bnrm. 



A tall tree, branches whorled, 

 bark thin, fibrous, wood light 

 yellow, even-grained, moder- 

 ately hard. L. scattered, linear, 

 thickly coriaceous, 5-10 in. 

 Ions:, midrib prominent on both, 

 surfaces. M. $ 1-2 in. long, 

 sessile, clustered. Seeds solitary, 

 globose, \--\ in. diam. 



Nepal. Sikkim, evergreen for- 

 ests of the outer hills, ascending to 

 3,000 ft. Assam. Khasi hills. 

 Gachar. Chittagong* Andamans, 

 Sit the bottom of valleys, not on the 

 hills, often gregarious. Evergreen 

 forests of the Bithoko range, Mar- 

 taban, 2-3,000 ft. (B.B, May 1859). 

 Tena&serim (Kurz). "Wood highly 

 prized in Burma. The leaves re- 

 main 2 years on the branches. 



2. P* latifolia, Wall. PI. As. 

 Ear. t. 30 ; Bedd. PL Sylv. t. 

 257.— Syn. P. WalUcManus^ G. 



Fig. 201. Podocarpus latifolia, "Wall. J- 



Presl ; Pilger in Engler's Pflanzenreich iv. 6, 59 ; Nageia latifolia, Gordon. 

 Vern. Nzramhalij Tam. ; TMtmin ma^ Burm. 



