PINETUM DAXICUM. 



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135 ; Endl. Syn. Conif. 207 ; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v, 

 222 ; Carr. Man. des PI. iv. 368, and Tr. Gen. Conif. 437. Myrica 

 Nagi, Thnnb. Fl. Jap. 76. Dammara Veitchii, Henk. and Hockst, 

 Syn. der Xadelh. 216. 



Habitat. — Japan, on tlie mountains of Nippon, in the provinces of 

 Katsuga and Jamata. 



Introduced about 1840. Wintered indoors. 



25. PRUMlSrOPITYS, Phil. Henk. and Hockst. Syn. 369 ; 

 Carr. Tr. Gen. des Conif. ii. 682. 



This genus, of which there only exists one species, is by some 

 authors referred to Podocarpus ; but Professor Philippi, the Chilian 

 explorer, has made it a genus by itself, and no doubt he knows it 

 better than most phytologists. 



It is described as a tree 50-65 feet high, having some re- 

 semblance to certain varieties of Taxus haecata. The branches are 

 numerous, and covered with brown bark. The leaves are more or 

 less two-ranked, flat, straight, or a little curved, 15 to 20 mm. 

 long and about 2 mm. broad. They are dark shiny green, but in 

 culture sometimes a little greyish. They are slightly channelled on 

 the under surface ; the midrib is very narrow, and on each side of it 

 there is a glaucous line ; they are acuminate at the summit, and 

 pointed or obtuse. The fruits are drupaceous, ovate, about 15 to 

 16 mm. long, greenish yellow, and the seeds are said to be eatable. 



P. elegans, Philippi in Linnsea, xxx. 371. Taxus spicata^ 

 Dombey, Mss. ex Mirb. in Mem. du Mus. xiii. 76. Podocaijms 

 spicata, Poepp. Nov. Gen. et Spec. iii. 18. Fodocarpus andina, 

 Poepp. Mss. ; Endl. Syn. Conif. 219 ; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. 

 Soc. V. 224 ; CI. Gay, Fl. Chil. v. 403 ; Carr. Man. des PI. iv. 373, 

 and Tr. Gen. Conif. 474 ; Gord. Pinet. 286. 



Habitat. — Chili, on the Southern Andes, up to an elevation of 

 about 4,300 feet. 



It was introduced into Europe in 1860 by Yeitch's collector, Richard 

 Pearse. In Denmark it has kept alive out of doors for several years. 

 In the hard winter of 1890-91 an unprotected plant suffered much, but 

 threw up young shoots from the older wood. It is more suited for- 

 culture in pots, but with protection it will perhaps live outdoors. 



On the Continent it is rarely to be met with except in Western 

 France, where, especially at Cherbourg, nice plants are to be seen. 

 In Denmark, and in other countries as well, it is best known under 

 the above-given name, Frumnopitys elegans, but some new authors 

 prefer the name Fodocarpus andina. In some works it seems that 

 two different plants have been described under the two just named 

 most common synonyms. The name Prumnopitys seems right for 

 the plants in this countrj^ 



In th.Q XTardeners^ Chronicle for January 3, 1863, it is said of- 



