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Prumnopitys that if it is really a genus distinct from PodocarjDus, 

 there is no doubt that it nearly approaches to P. andina, Poeppig. 



The wood is said to be very tine-veined, and consequently much 

 valued by ebonists. 



Tribe Y.—AEAUCARIE.^. 



26. CUNWINGHAMIA.— U. Brown in Eich. Conif. 149, 

 t. 18 ; Endl. Gen. PI. n. 1796, and Conif. 192 ; Carr. Conif. 170, 

 227 ; Gord. Pin. 54 ; Henk. and Hockst. Nadelh. 217. Pini sp. 

 Lamb. Pin. ed. 1, i. 52. Abietis sp. Desf. Catal. Hort. Paris, 

 ed. 3, 356. Belis, Salisb. in Linn. Trans, viii. 315. Paxopytis, Nelson, 

 Pin. 97 ; Pari, in D. C. Prodr. xvi. 2, 432 ; Forb. Pin. Wob. t. 57 ; 

 Sieb. and Zucc. Fl. Jap. ii. t. 103, 104 ; Bot. Mag. t. 2743 ; Eichl. 

 in Engl, and Prantl. NaturL Pflf. ii. 85 ; C. Koch, Dendr. ii. 202. 



Flowers monoecious, and terminal. 



Co7ies small, ovoid or globular, and ligneous. 



Scales acute-pointed, and without bracts. 



Seeds three under each scale. 



Leaves lanceolate, rigid, and flat. 



Cotyledons two, 



A small tree, native of China. Maximowicz observed it at 

 Yokohama, where it was most likely planted. 



Eicliler, in his Syllabus (1886), like Bentham and Hooker, refers 

 Cunninghamia and Sciadopitys to Araucarieae ; but in 1887, in ' ' Die 

 natiirlichen Pflanzenfamilien," he refeys them to TaxodiefB, which 

 forms a link to Araucarieae. 



C. sinensis, P. Br. in Pich. Conif. 80, t. 18, f. 3. Ahies major 

 sinensis, &c. Plukn. Amalth. i. t. 351, f. 1. Finns Ahies, Lour. Fl. 

 Cochin, ii. 270 (excl. syn.). Finns lanceolata. Lamb. Pin. ed. 1, 

 i. 52, t. 34. Ahies lanceolata, Desf. Cat. Hort. Paris, ed. 3, 356. 

 Cunninghamia lanceolata, Lamb. Pin. ed. 2, 59, t. 37. Belis 

 jaculifolia, Salisb. in Linn. Trans, viii. 315. Belis lanceolata, Sw. 

 Hort. Brit. 475. Araucaria lanceolata, hort. 



Hahitat. — Southern China ; in Japan it is cultivated. 



This remarkable tree is a native of China, and was introduced in 

 1804 by Mr. William Kerr, by direction of the Honourable Court of 

 Directors of the East India Company. It was first supposed to belong 

 to the genus Pinus, and was called Finns lanceolata, from its sharp 

 lanceolate leaves ; but, on more careful examination, it was made a 

 separate genus by Mr. Salisbury, in the "Linnaian Transactions," 

 under the name of Belis, from helos, a javelin — the leaves somewhat 

 resembling in form the head of that weapon. The name of Bellis 

 having been already applied to the daisy, that of Belis was considered 



