vox ExTixGSHAUSEN. — FossU Flora of Xew Zealand. 291 



pressed against the branch. Although top and base ai-e want- 

 ing, it has the considerable length of 2.5cm., and a diameter 

 of only 3mm. ; consequently the tree was provided with lon^^ 

 slender branches. 



Not a little analogous to this species is Podocarjius prcs- 

 ciqyressina, Ett., of the Australian Tertiary Flora, which is dis- 

 tinguished by moi-e slender branches and less closely-set, 

 pointed leaves. 



Podocarpiiiin tenuifolium, sp. nov. 



Plate XXX., figs. 8-10, ICa. 



P. raviulis gracilibus, foliis tenuihus basi decurrentibus, 

 ramuloriim jiiniorum distichis, dense approximatis, lineari- 

 subfalcatis, planis, apice acuminato mucroniilatis. 



Locality : Pakawau, Nelson (Canterbury Museum). Ex 

 Coll. N.Z. Geol. Surv. ; Hector.] 



Figs. 8-10 ai-e enlai'ged. Fig. 10a shows the youuger 

 branches studded with leaves in two rows. This species may 

 be considered as the ancestor of Podocarpus prcstenuifolia, 

 m., which latter is described in Part A, and which occurs in 

 the Tertiary flora of New Zealand. The species under obser- 

 vation is distinguished fi-om the latter by a stiffer spindle, and 

 leaves which are more closely situated, which ai-e cmTcd and 

 somewhat sickle-shaped. 



Podocarpium praedacrydioides, sp. nov. 

 Plate XXX., fig. 12. 



P. ramulis abbreviatis, foliis 2)arvis basi decurrentibus, com- 

 presso-subtetragonis, ramulorum juniorum distichis, approxi- 

 matis, linearibus subfalcatis, seniorumjninimis imbricatis. 



Locality : Pakawau, Nelson (Cauterbmy Museum). 'Ex 

 Coll. N.Z. Geol. Sui-v. ; Hector.] 



I have before me only a fragment of a twig, which is 

 broken off just where the younger branches join the older. 

 These twigs are remai'kably short ; they are studded with 

 small, linear, somewhat sickle-shaped leaves, which are ar- 

 ranged in two rows. The enlargement shows a mid -lib, 

 which projects almost like a keel, also an elevated margin : 

 from wliich we may infer a thick-edged leaf. The base is 

 decreasing; most of the leaves betray a faint sickle-like cm^ve ; 

 then- width is scarcely 1mm., then* length 2omm.-imm. ; but, 

 as none of the points of the leaves are presei-ved, it is im- 

 possible to determine if they were provided with a small thorn. 

 At the lower end of the branch are perceptible the much 

 smaller leaves, which are arranged Hke tiles side by side in 

 rows, and with which the older branch must have been 

 covered. 



