mes to the height of 10 ft., and
spreading over a spot 15 ft. wide. Leaves flat, with the midrib forming
a distinct ridge on both sides, linear, sometimes over 2 in. long,
glossy green on the upper side, slightly whitened beneath. Fruit very
large, 1 in. or more long, elliptical, with a single, thin-shelled
nut-like seed covered with purplish, pulpy, thin flesh. Branches
spreading, drooping, long, slender; buds small, covered with many
sharp-pointed, overlapping scales; twigs green, somewhat grooved. From
Japan; about hardy in New Jersey.

GENUS =108. PODOCARPUS.=

Leaves one-nerved, opposite, alternate, or scattered, linear or oblong.
Flowers axillary and mostly dioecious; fruit drupe-like, with a
bony-coated stone.

[Illustration: P. Japonica.]

=Podocarpus Japonica=, Sieb. (JAPAN PODOCARPUS.) Leaves alternate,
crowded, flat, linear-lanceolate, elongated, quite sharp-pointed,
narrowed to a short though distinct petiole, and continued down the stem
by two ridges; leaves not 2-ranked, large, 4 to 8 in. long and 1/2 in.
wide when growing in perfection; in specimens grown in this region, 2 to
5 in. long and 1/4 in. wide; midrib forms a ridge on both sides; upper
side dark glossy green; lower side with two broad whitish lines. A
beautiful, erect-growing, small tree; from Japan; about hardy in central
New Jersey; needs some protection in Massachusetts.

GENUS =109. SALISBURIA.=

Leaves broad, simple, alternate, stipulate, deciduous, deeply cut or
lobed at the apex, alike on both surfaces, with long petioles. Flowers
dioecious; staminate ones in catkins, pistillate ones either solitary
or in clusters of a few each. Fruit a nut with a drupaceous covering.

[Illustration: S. adiantifolia.]

=Salisburia adiantifolia=, Sm. (GINKGO TREE.) Leaves parallel-veined,
fan-shaped, with irregular lobes at the end, thick, leathery, with no
midrib. Fruit globular or ovate, 1 in. long, on long, slender stems. A
very peculiar and beautiful large tree, 50 to 100 ft. high; from Japan.
Hardy throughout, and should be more extensively cultivated than it
is.

GLOSSARY OF BOTANICAL TERMS AND INDEX TO PART I.

The numbers refer to the pages where the illustrations appear or where
fuller definitions of the words are given.

_Abortive._ Defective or barren; not producing seeds.

_Abrupt base of leaf_, 21.

_Abruptly pinnate._ Pinnate, without an odd leaflet at the end;
even-pinnate, 20.

_Acerose._ Slender; needle-shape