656 DESCRIPTION OF THREE SPECIES OF PODOCARPUS. 
satisfaction, with those many little comforts of civilized life, 
the value of which is only appreciated by their loss. The 
day of my arrival being a grand holiday, the birthday I be- 
lieve of the Queen, all the ships were adorned with their 
flags, and an immense crowd streamed through the P/ace de 
la Constitution, where an excellent military band was per- 
forming the finest pieces of Rossini and Bellini. The night 
was clear and starry, the air sweet, and the cupola of the 
cathedral, its outline elegantly exhibited by a line of lights, 
shone in the sky like a new constellation. 
(To be continued.) 
Figures,with brief descriptions,of three species of PODOCARPUS; 
óy W. J. H. 
(Tass. XXI. XXII. XXIII.) 
Having had occasion to study the species of Podocarpus 
of New Zealand, my attention has been directed to those 
from other countries, which appear in general to have been 
so little understood, or are represented in works of such rarity, 
that it has been thought that figures of some of them would 
be acceptable to our readers. 
PODOCARPUS CORIACEA. Rich. 
Foliis coriaceis lanceolatis uninerviis acutis basi sensim 
attenuatis sessilibus utrinque concoloribus, pedunculis soli- 
tariis unifloris longitudine receptaculi bifidi, drupa (vix 
matura) subglobosa oblique et obtuse mucronata. (TAs. XXI.) 
Podocarpus coriacea. Rich. Mém. sur les Conif. p. T» 
tab. 1, f. 3. (sine descr.) 
Has. On the island of Montserrat. Richard. On the 
Blue Mountains of Jamaica, where it is known by the name 
of * Yacca.” Dr. McFadyen. 
This constitutes a tree, on the high mountains of Ja- 
maica; but I have only seen specimens from Dr. McFa- 
deen ; nor does the species appear to be noticed by any 
