PINETUM DANICUM. 



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Cones small, ovoid or globular, and woody. 

 Scales oval, entire, destitute of bracts, and imbricated. 

 Seeds from three to five or six under each scale. 

 Cotyledons two. 



Leaves without petioles, scale-formed, and either closely adpressed 

 to the branchlets or open and incurved. 



Name derived from arthron, a joint, and taxis, arrangement, the 

 shoots having the appearance of being jointed. 



All small trees, natives of Tasmania. Some of them have fruited 

 in the South of England. With protection it seems possible to winter 

 some out of doors in Denmark. 



A. eupressoides, Don. CunningJiamia cuijressoides, Zucc. FL 

 Jap. ii. 9. A. inibricata, Maule ex Gord. Pin. suppl. 16. A. eu- 

 pressoides, Don in Linn. Trans, xviii. 173, t. 13, f. 2 ; Hook. Ic. t. 

 559, and Fl. of Tasm. i. 354 ; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 

 222 ; Endl. Syn. Conif. 196 ; Carr. Tr. Gen. Conif. 161 ; Gord. Pinet. 

 30. A. hnh'icata, hort. aliq. 



Habitat. — Tasmania, near the sea of Saint Claire and the Pine 

 River. 



Wintered indoors. 



A. laxifolia, Hooker in Lond. Journ. of Bot. iv. 149, and Ic. 

 t. 573; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 222 ; Endl. Syn. Conif. 

 196 ; Carr. Tr. Gen. Conif. 162 ; Gord. Pinet. 30. A. Doniana, Maule 

 ex Gord. I. c. 



Hahitat. — Tasmania, near the cataracts of Meandra. 

 Introduced into Europe in 1858. 

 Wintered indoors. 



A. selaginoides, Don. CunningJiamia selaginoides, Zucc. Fl. 

 Jap. ii. 9 (in note). A. selaginoides, Don in Linn. Trans, xviii. 171, 

 t. 14 ; Hook. Ic. t. 574, and Fl. of Tasm. i. 353 ; Endl. Syn. Conif. 

 194 ; Carr. Tr. Gen. Conif. 159 (excl. syn. Lindl. and Gord., and 

 Endl.); Gord. Pinet. 31. A. alpina, hort. ex Gord. I.e. A. imbricata, 

 hort. 



Habitat. — Tasmania, near the cataracts of Meandra. 

 Introduced into Europe about 1847. 

 Wintered indoors. 



Tribe 111.— T AXE ^. 



16. TAXUS.— Tourn. Inst. 362 ; Linn. Gen. n. 1135 ; Juss. 

 Gen. n. 412 ; Pich. Conif. 131, t. 2 ; Spach, Hist, des Veg. Phan. 

 xi. 290 ; Endl. Gen. PI. 1799, and Conif. 242 ; Carr. Tr. Gen. Conif. 

 516 and 729 ; Gord. Pinet. 210 ; Henk. and Hochst. ^adelh. 352 ; 

 Pari. Fl. Ital. iv. 94. Verataxus, >Telson, Pin. 168 ; Pari, in D. C. 

 Prodr. xvi. 2, 499 ; Zucc. in Abhandl. Bayer. Akad. Miinchen. iii. 

 892, t. 5 ; Nees, Gen. PI. Germ. Monoch. n. 14 ; Rchb. Ic. Fl, 



