Platycarya
(from platys, broad, and karyon, a nut; alluding to the shape of the fruit). SYN. Fortunea. ORD. Juglandeae. A monotypic genus. The species is an elegant, branching shrub or small tree, hardy only in favoured situations in the South of England. It thrives, however, in a cool conservatory, and, when planted out, will do well in almost any soil, requiring culture similar to Juglans (which see).
P. strobilacea (cone-fruited). fl. yellow; spikes all cylindrical, many-flowered, erect, many-bracted. August. l. five to eight-jugate, aromatic; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, sessile, opposite, with serrulated margins. Japan and North China, 1844. (S. Z. F. J. 149.) SYN. Fortunaea chinensis.