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According to Thunberg, the white wood is exceedingly durable, 

 and is never attacked by insects. Wintered indoors . 



P. elongata, Herit. Mss. ; Rich. Conif. 13, t. 1, f. 2, and Fl. 

 Abyss. V. 278 ; Endl. Syn. Conif. 218, 219 ; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. 

 Hort. Soc. V. 224 ; Carr. Man. des PI. iv. 372, 373, and Tr. Gen. 

 Conif. 470, 472 ; Gord, Pinet. 273, 286. Taxus elongata, Sol. in 

 Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1, iii. 415. Taxus capensis, Lamb. Diet. iii. 

 229. P. pruinosa, E. Meyer, Mss. P. Meyeriana, Endl. Syn. Conif. 

 218 ; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 224 ; Carr. Man. des PI. iv. 

 372, and Tr. Gen. Conif. 472, and ed. 2, 671. P. falcata, R. Br. ex 

 Mirb. in Mem. Mus. xiii. 75 ; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. 

 V. 224. P. linearis, hort. ex Gord. Pinet. 273. 



Habitat. — The Cape, and Abyssinia, about 6,500 feet high, in the 

 province of Godjana, Wintered indoors. 



P. japonica, Hort. Bogor. ex Sieb. in Ann. Soc. d'Hort. Pays- 

 Bas. 1844, 35, 36 ; Endl. Syn. Conif. 217 ; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. 

 Hort. Soc. V. 224 ; Carr. Man. des PI. iv. 372, and Tr. Gen. Conif. 

 464; Gord. Pinet. 275. P, lanceolata, Gord. I.e. P. longifolia, hoit, 

 aliq. 



Habitat. — Japan, in the southern parts. 

 Introduced about 1851. 



P. macrophylla, Don in Lamb. Pinet. ed. 2, ii. 123 ; ieb. and 

 Zucc. Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. ii. 108, and Fl. Jap. 133 ; Blume, Rumph. 

 iii. 215 (not Wall.) ; Endl. Syn. Conif. 216 (excl. P. Mahi and its 

 syn.); Lindl. and Gord. Journ, Hort. Soc. v. 224 (excl. P. Mahi) ; 

 Knight, Syn. Conif. 47 (excl. syn. Maki, Makoyi, and Makaya) ; Carr. 

 Man. des PI. iv. 371, and Tr. Gen. Conif. 463 ; Gord. Pinet, 278, 

 and suppl. 89. Maki Foetens, Ksempf. Amoen, Exot. 780. Taxus 

 macrophylla, Banks, Ic. Kaempf. t. 24. P. verticillata, hort. aliq. 

 P. spinulosa, hort. aliq. (not R. Br.). P. mucronata, hort. aliq. 



Habitat. — Japan. 



Introduced into Europe about 1804 (Loud. Arbr. et Frut. p. 2000), 

 A plant under a slight covering of Spruce-branches stood the 



winter of 1890-91 very well, and seems to be almost hardy. 



P. neriifolia, R. Br. in Horsf. PI. Jav. Rar. 40 ; Don in Lamb. 



Pinet. ed. 2, iii. 122 ; Endl. Syn. Conif. 215 ; Lindl. and Gord. 



Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 224, and Fl. Serr. viii. 49 (cum ic.) ; Carr. 



Man. des PI. iv. 371, and Tr. Gen. Conif. 458, and ed, 2, 661 ; 



Gord. Pinet. 279, and suppl. 89. P. macrophylla^ Wall. List. n. 6052 



(not Don). 



Habitat. — Nepaul, Singapore and Penang. 

 Introduced about 1829, Wintered indoors. 



P. spinulosa, R. Br. ex Mirb. in Mem. Mus. xiii. 75 ; Endl, 

 Syn, Conif. 213 ; Lindl, and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 223 ; Carr. 

 Man. des PI. iv. 370, 371, and Tr. Gen. Conif. 453, 455, and qd, 2, 

 653, 654 ; Gord. Pinet. 269, 277, 283. Taxus spinulosa, Smith in 



