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PINACE^. 



Mowers, male and female, generally on different plants, yet, in 

 some species, upon the same plant, but separate. 



Leaves, oblong, oval, roundisli, linear or lanceolate, sharp or blunt- 

 pointed, concave falcate, flat, keeled, or ribbed; two-rowed, alternate, 

 or spiral; generally green above, and more or less glaucous below; with 

 the seed-leaves generally in twos. 



Berries, various in form, oval, oblong, or roundish, solitary or in 

 clusters, some nut-like in fleshy cups, some composed of several con- 

 solidated scale-like parts ; of various colours ; scarlet, purple, brown, or 

 yellowish-green. Seeds of various sizes and forms, generally nut-like, 

 with a bony shell. 



§ 1. CkpHALOTAXUS : The Cluster- Flowered Yew. 



From the Greek /cf^aX??, kepliale, "a head;" and ra^cc, taxis^ 

 arrangement ;" the flowers being produced in close globular heads. 



Mowers, male and female, on different plants. 



Leaves, alternate, two-rowed, or opposite, acute-pointed, flat, 

 straight, falcate, or curved ; one-nerved, having two glaucous bands on 

 their imder face ; the mid-rib and margins glossy green. Seed-leaves 

 in twos. 



Fruit, comparatively large, one to one-and-a-half inches long, and 

 about half as broad, plum-like, fleshy, more or less elliptical or oval ; 

 generally two or three in a cluster. Seeds, nut-like, with a bony-shell, 

 having one seed in each fleshy disk. 



CepHALOTAXUS DrUPAGEA: The Plum-Fruited. 



This forms a very compact little evergreen tree, attaining heights of 

 from fifteen to thirty feet ; with the branches regularly disposed in 

 horizontal whorls, and well clothed with foliage ; of a bright glossy 

 green above, having a broad glaucous or silvery band on each side of 

 the mid-rib on the under side. It is a native of China, and sufficiently 

 hardy for our climate, but requires a good soil, a sheltered situation, 

 and more or less humidity and shade to develope itself in this country 

 when it would be found useful as an ornamental plant. There is also 

 a Glauca, a more glaucous or sUvery-leaved variety ; which, however, is 

 only caused by the soil and situation wherein it may be gi'own. 



CepHALOTAXUS FortuNII : Fortune's Chinese Yew. 



This kind is likewise tolerably hardy, but requires a warm locality 

 or well sheltered situation. It attains heights of from thirty to sixty 

 feet. Its branches, like to all its congeners, are disposed in whorls along 

 the stem ; its leaves are variable in size, generally linear-lanceolate ; on 



