Microcachrys
(from mikros, small, and kachrys, a cone; referring to the very small cones). ORD. Coniferae. A monotypic genus. The species is a prostrate, much-branched, greenhouse evergreen shrub, confined to the mountains of Tasmania. For culture, see Dacrydium.
M. tetragona (four-sided).* Strawberry-fruited Cypress of Tasmania. l. deep green, ovate, extremely small, in four rows, closely imbricated. Tasmania, 1857. The "Gardener's Chronicle" describes this species as quite a gem among conifers. The female plant is very pretty, having nearly every one of its multitude of little branchlets terminated by a bright red, almost globular, fleshy cone, measuring about 1/4in. from base to apex. By training up a leader, the lateral branches arrange themselves in a drooping manner round about. SYN. Dacrydium tetragonum. (B. M. 5576.)