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leaf-formed branclilets,) both of wluch, like the species, are too tender 

 for our climate. 



PhyLLOCLADUS TriCHOMANOIDES : Maiden-hair-like 

 Allied Pine. 



This is the ' Tanekaha/ or ' Toa-Toa/ of the Xew Zealanders, the 

 timber of which is much esteemed by them, and they use the bark in 

 the dyeing of their red and black mats. It attains heights of from 

 fifty to seventy feet, with trunks of from ten to fifteen feet in circum- 

 ference, and forms a very graceful, spreading-branched tree. There is 

 also an Alpina^ or dwarf mountain form of it, found on the Tongariro 

 and Euahine, and other high lands around jN'elson in JSTew Zealand. 

 It is much too tender for our climate. 



§ 3. PterophylluS: The Feather-Leaved Allied Pine. 



Prom Greek irTepovy pteron, a feather: " and (pvXXor, phyllon, ^' a 

 leaf ; " from the feathery appearance of their leaves. 



Flowers, male and female, on separate plants, males in spikes, 

 axillary, minus footstalks ; females in clusters, with footstalks, and 

 terminal. 



Leaves, deciduous, of various sizes, from three to nine inches in 

 circumference, more or less divided, some two, some three, some five, 

 and some seven-lobed ; the principal lobes, again generally subdivided, 

 and more or less cut, or serrated on the edges ; fan or feather-hke, flat, 

 leathery, thick, and more or less numerously nerved, or ribbed on each 

 side, and tapering to their base where they unite with the long, pliant, 

 glossy, yellowish-green footstalk ; the leaves of the species are also 

 yellowish-green, but in some of the varieties there are golden and 

 creamy-white colours in the variegation. 



Fruit, plum-like, smooth, and fleshy, in small cups, globular, with 

 long footstalks, each fruit containing one seed of a globular form and 

 whitish colour, and nut-like, with a hard, smooth, bony shell ; the fruit 

 when ripe is of a light glossy-green or yellowish colour. 



PTEROPHYLLUS SaliSBURIENSIS : Salisbury 's Allied Pine. 



This is a native of China, where it attains heights of from seventy 

 to ninety feet. The Chinese call it ' Gink-go,' (full of leafless buds in 

 winter,) and * Gin-ki-go,' (a tree without leaves in winter,) and the 

 Japanese names for it are ' Ginaua,' (deciduous tree,) and ^ Pusi-kin-go,' 

 (buds crowned with leaves in summer.) It is a somewhat remarkable 

 tree on account of its feathery, fan-like foliage, and also for its straight 

 stem, conical-shaped head, rough greyish bark, alternate, ascending, 



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