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v. subellipticis acutis v. obtusiusculis l-nerviis, nervo in petiolum adnatujn decurrente supra viridi- 
bus, subtus pallidioribus, utrinque stomatiferis; amentis ¢ spicatis terminalibus solitariis gracilibus; 
connectivo ovato-acuminato; amentis 9 ign.; fructu obovato obtuso, basi bracteato, levi; semine 
erecto. Nomen vernac. Vitiense, * Kau solo."—In the island of Viti Levu (Milne! Seemann! 
n. 576; Greffe! n. 1). 
__ This is one of the finest Conifere I have ever seen, and found by Milne, Griffe, and myself in the 
island of Viti Levu. It attains sixty feet in height, has a stem nine feet in circumference, and has droop- 
ing, extremely graceful branches, which would render the species a highly desirable acquisition to our 
living collections. In habit it is unlike any other Podocarpus, but from the materials now on hand we 
could not make it into a separate genus. The leaves are about one inch long and three lines broad. The 
male spikes are terminal, cylindrical, and an inch to an inch and a half long. The anthers are on short 
filaments, and form, together with the connective, a cordate acuminate body. , The fruit is obovate, obtuse, 
and scarcely an inch long. The seed is erect, and the embryo clavate-cylindrical and acute. 
EXPLANATION OF Prats LXXVIII., representing Podocarpus Vitiensis, Seem.—Fig. 1, portion of 
branchlet ; 2 and 8, anthers; 4, fruit (ripe); 6 and 7, the same, cut longitudinally and horizontally; 5, 
seed; 6, embryo :— Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 8, magnified. 
. 4. P. eupressina, R. Brown, ex Mirb. in Mem. Mus. vol. xiii. p. 75; J. J. Bennett, in Hors- 
field, Plant. Jav. Rar. p. 35. t. 10; Endl. Conif. p. 222; foliis aliis lanceolatis spinuloso-mucronatis 
arcte quinquefariam imbricatis, aliis lineari-lanceolatis aversis falcatis elongatis distiche horizontaliter 
patentibus ; seminibus ramulos breves szepissime cernuos terminantibus.— P. Horsfieldii, Wall. Cat. 
n. 6049. P. imbricata, Blume, Enum. Pl. Jav. 89. Nomen vernac. Vitiense, “ Kau tabua."— Island 
of Viti Levu (Milne!). Also collected in Aneitum (Milne!) and the Indian Archipelago. 
This tree is from fifty to eighty feet high, with spreading, pendulous branches. The native name is 
derived from “ kaw” (wood), and “tabua” (a whale’s tooth), because the timber has the yellowish tinge of 
a well-oiled whale’s tooth, formerly esteemed the most precious article in Viti. 
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III. Dacrydium, Soland. ex Forst. Plant. Escul. 80; Endl. Conif. p. 224. Flores dioici. 
Fl. 3: Amenta terminalia, solitaria, ovoidea, minuta, basi bracteis imbricatis cincta. Stamina oo, axi 
inserta ; filamenta brevissima ; antherze 2-loculares, connectivo squameformi superate, loculis appo- 
sitis extrorsum dehiscentibus. Fl. 9 solitarii, ad ramulorum apicem laterales v. rarissime in spicam 
terminalem collecti. Squama ebracteata, subcymbzeformis, medio ovulifera. Ovulum 1, in media 
squama sessile, inversum, integumento exteriori laxo, interioris apice in collum breve producto 
exserto. Semen tandem erectum, squamæ haud accrescenti insidens, integumento exteriore laxo 
carnoso, ore lato hiante, nucleo multo breviore, disciformi, interiore osseo. Embryo in apice albu- 
minis farinosi antitropus.— Arbores procere, sempervirentes, ramosissim:e, ramis sæpe pendulis; folia 
acerosa, decussatim opposita, decurrentia, undique stomatigera ; flores terminales, exiles; gemmæ 
nudee. & 
Vieillard, 1. c. p. 56, enumerates an undescribed species of this genus (D. ustum) amongst the useful 
plants of New. Caledonia. 
1. D. elatum, Wall. Cat. n. 6045; Hook. Lond. Journ. of Bot. vol. ii. p. 144. t. 2; Endl. 
Conif. p. 226; foliis aliis acicularibus tetragonis acutis erecto-patentibus, aliis squameformibus 
ovatis obtusis aut rarius acuminatis arcte adpressis; seminibus infra ramulorum apices solitariis.— 
Juniperus rigida, Wallich in Herb. Sieber. Juniperus Philippsiana, Wallich, ms. 1824. Juniperus 
elata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. Or. vol. iti. p. 888; “ Gambinur," Sumatr. J unghuhn in Bot. Zeit. 1846, p. 
678. coll. Schlecht. ; ibid. p. 753-757. Nom. vernac. Vitiens., Seemann! “ Leweninini” et “ Dakua 
salusalu.” —Ovalau (Seemann! n. 573; Storck! n. 906), Viti Levu (Grzeffe ). 
The Leweninini is found in mixed forests from the seashore to the highest peaks. The branches are 
