AND ON PODOCARPUS TOTARRA. 575 
be depended upon, because that zealous botanist confounded 
the Totara with the Dacrydium tazifolium of Solander, 
which is the Podocarpus spicata of Brown.—(See Hook. 
Ic. Pl. v. 5. ined.) 
In the Herbarium the most perfect flowering specimens, 
both from the male and female tree, are remarkable for their 
singularly yellow-green colour, especially on the upper side 
of the foliage, the under being paler, but greener, and in- 
clined to glaucous. The fleshy receptacles in this and in all 
the New Zealand species of Podocarpus and the Dacrydium 
are coloured from orange to crimson, and they are all eaten 
by the natives; but those of the Totarra and Remu (Dacry- 
dium cupressinum, Sol.) being small, are much less highly 
esteemed than those of Podocarpus thujoides, Br. (Dacrydium 
excelsum, Don). 
Tas. XIX.—Podocarpus Totara. Don. Fig. 1, branch of 
a male, and f. 2, branch of a female plant, nat. size; f. 3, 4, 
leaves; f. 5, male amentum ; f. 6, portion of the same with 
4 anthers ; f. 7, posterior, and f. 8, anterior view of an an- 
ther ; f. 9, 10, 11, fruit, receptacles with their fruits (one or 
two from each receptacle) in different stages of maturity ; 
f. 12, vertical section of the receptacle and fruit, showing 
the testa, inner membrane, nucleus, and embyro of the lat- 
ter; more or less magnified. 
Memoir to determine the use of PouuEN in Natural Classifica- 
lion, by James ArpnRiDGE, Ese. M.D., formerly lecturer 
on Natural History, now lecturer on Chemistry to the Park- 
Street Medico- Chirurgical School, Dublin, &c. 
(With a Plate. Tas. XX. A.) 
ALL observers agree in acknowledging the high physiolo- 
Sical importance of the pollen. Since the announcement by 
Grew of the masculine functions of the attire—an opinion 
Previously hinted at by many—the necessity of this organ 
