PlNETUM DANICUM. 



343 



measured 13 feet 8 inches ; tlie circumference of the stem was sixteen 

 inches. 



In Sweden, Gothenburg (57° 42') is the most northern point where 

 as yet success has been obtained with this species when planted 

 out of doors. 



A. Rulei, Lindl. in Gard. Chron. 1861, No. 39, 868 (pro parte, excl. 

 icon.); Gord. Pinet. Suppl. 15 {yro parte); Mueller in Herb. Mus. 

 Paris. Eutacta Bulei, Carr. Rev. Hort. 1866, 292, fig. 2. 



Habitat. — South Australia, New Caledonia. 



Introduced in 1862. 



We have no plant in cultivation in Denmark, but I have cones 

 of this species in my collection. 



29. SCIADOPITYS.— Sieb. and Zucc. Fl. Jap. ii. 1, t. 102 ; 

 Endl. Conif. 198 ; Carr. Conif. 173, and in Rev. Hort. 1868 ; Gord. 

 Pin. 301. Taxi sp. Thunb. Flor. Jap. 276. Pini sp. Sieb. in 

 Verhand. van het Batav. Genotsch, xii. 12 ; Pari, in DC. Prodr. 

 xvi. 2, 435, and Fl. des Serres, t. 1483 ; C. Koch, Dendr. ii. s. 200 ; 

 Henk. and Hochst. Syn. der Nadelh. 201 ; Lindl. in Gard, Chron. 

 1861, 22, 360 ; Dickson, Report Bot. Congr. Lond. 1866, 124 ; Eichl. 

 in Engl, and Prantl, Natiirl. Pflf. ii. s. 84 ; Beissner, Nadelholzk. 

 18, 203 ; Yeitch, Man. Conif. 201. 



Flowers monoecious, the male ones terminal, the female solitary, 

 and growing from among the scaly buds. 



Cones elliptic or cylindrical, obtuse at the ends, large, and solitary ; 

 2 to 4 inches long, 1^ to 2^ inches in diameter. 



Scales persistent, leathery, thin, regularly imbricated, wedge-shaped, 

 half-rounded on the upper part, and with a short bractea adhering. 



Seeds elliptic, compressed, seven under each scale, with a leathery 

 covering, tapering into a membranaceous wing, attenuating to the base 

 and apex. 



Leaves in whorls like an umbrella, persistent, without any foot- 

 stalks, linear, flat, and obtuse-pointed ; 20-30 in a whorl. 



Name derived from skidos, shade, and pitys, pine, the Parasol 

 Pine. 



S. verticillata, Sieb. and Zucc. Fl. Jap. ii, 1, t. 101, 102. 



Taxus verticillata, Thunb. Fl. Jap. 276 (excl. syn. Ksempf. 1784). 

 Pinus verticillata, Sieb. in Yerh. van het Batav. Genotsch. ii. 12. 



Habitat. — It is found in the eastern part of the island of Nippon, 

 upon the mountains of Koja-san, in the province of Kii, and probably 

 on other of the Japanese islands. 



Introduced in 1861, through Mr. J. G. Yeitch. It was sent to 

 the late Mr. Standish of Ascot about the same time, by Mr. Robert 

 Fortune (Yeitch, Man. of Conif.). 



Hardy. 



The Parasol Fir, according to Mr. Fortune (who was sent out as 



