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3. L. deeurrens, Torrey ; Veitcli, Man. 267 ; Woods and Forests, 

 Feb. 27, 1884 ; Parlatore, 456 ; Brown Campst. in Trans. Bot. Soc. 

 Edinh. ix. 373 ; Hoopes, Bool of Evergreens, f . 40 ; Beissner, 28, with 

 figures ; Lemmon, lliird Report, 22, 23. 



Synonyms : — Thuya Craigiana, Murray. Heyderia deeurrens, Koch. 

 Thuya gigantea of gardens, but erroneously so called. 

 Varieties : — glauca, compacta. 



Introduced by Jeffrey in 1853. Mountains of North- Western 

 America. 



L. Craigiana. See Thuya gigantea. 



4. L. Doniana, Endlicher ; Parlatore, 454 ; Veitch, 267 ; Hook. 

 Handb. N.Z. Flora (1867), 256 ; Kirk, Forest Flora of New Zealand, 

 tab. 82, 83. 



Synonym: — Thuya Doniana, Hooker, Bond. Journ. Bot. i. t. 18. 

 New Zealand. Height 30 feet. Conservatory. 



5. L. tetragona, Endlicher; Veitch, 267 ; Gard. Ghron. 1850, p. 

 439, fig. 



Synonym: — Thuya tetragona, W. Hooker in Lo7id. Journ. of 

 Botany, iii. p. 144, t. 4. " Alerse." 

 Patagonia and Chile. 



Height 40-80 feet. Does not succeed well out of doors near 

 London. 



Maidenhair tree = Ginkgo biloba. 



MICROCACHIIYS, Hook. fil. (1845) Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. 

 iii. 433 ; Eichler, 103. (Taxace^, Tribe Podocarpe^.) 



Trees with delicate overlapping foliage. Anthers in spikes, 2-celled ; 

 pollen-cells winged. Seed small, inverted from the top of the bract, 

 surrounded at the base by a fleshy scarlet aril. (Dacrydium partly.) 

 1. M. tetragona, Hook. f. Flor. Tasmania, i. 358, t. 100 (1860) ; 

 Bot. Mag. 5576. 



Synonym :— Dacrydium tetragonum, Parlatore in DC. Prod. xvi. 2, 

 496. 



Mountains of Tasmania. Grown for conservatory decoration, for 

 which its elegant habit, neat foliage, and red fruits commend it. 



Nag^ia. See Podocarpus. 



PHYLLOCLADUS, L. C. Richard ; Bentham et Hooker, Genera 

 Plantarum, iii. 433 ; Parlatore in DC. Prod. xvi. 2, p. 498 ; Eichler, 

 109 ; Kirk's Forest Flora of New Zealand, wherein several species are 

 figured. (Taxace^, Tribe Taxe^.) 



The peculiar character of the genus resides in the expanded leafy 

 branches which are divided at the edges and sterile. The fertile 



