650 CONIFER, [Podocarpus. 
a slender peduncle, variable in length, very slender, +-lin. long. 
Anthers very numerous, often laxly placed; connective obtuse. 
Female flowers solitary, axillary, seated on the top of a short 
swollen peduncle. Fruit a small oblong-ovoid nut; peduncle much 
enlarged, fleshy and succulent, bright-red, usually with 2 acute 
projections at the top (adnate bracts), 1 on each side of the nut.— 
Faoul, Choiz, 41; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 232; Handb. N.Z. Fi. 
257; Kirk, Forest Fl. t. 40; Prlger, Pflanzenretch, iv. 5, 86. 
P. montanus, Col. im Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxvii. (1895) 395. 
NorrH snp SourH Istanps: Subalpine localities from the summit of 
see ie (Cape Colville) and Hikurangi southwards, not uncommon. 2000- 
5500 ft. 
5. P. ferrugineus, D. Don. in Lamb. Gen. Pinet. ed. ii. (1832) 
189.—A tall forest-tree 50-80 ft. high with a rather narrow round- 
topped head; trunk 1-3 ft. diam.; bark greyish-brown or almost. 
black, scaling off in large flakes. Leaves distichous, close-set, 
spreading, 4—? in. long, linear, falcate, acute or subacute, 1-nerved, 
margins recurved, red-brown when dry; those of young plants 
longer, narrower, and more acute. Flowers dicecious. Males. 
axillary, solitary, sessile, cylindric, equalling or rather longer than 
the leaves. Anthers numerous, closely packed; connective obtuse. 
Female flowers solitary or very rarely geminate at the top of a 
curved peduncle clothed with minute scale-like bracts. Fruit 
large, broadly oblong, drupaceous, ? in. long, reddish-purple with 
a glaucous bloom, top of the peduncle not enlarged nor succulent.— 
A. Cunn. Precur.n.327; Raoul, Chovx, 41; Hook. Ic. Plant. t. 542 ; 
Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel.i. 232; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 257; Kirk, Forest 
Fi. t. 84; Palger, Pflanzenreich, iv. 5, 66. 
NortH AND SoutH Isianps, Stewart Istanp: Abundant in forests. 
throughout. Sea-level to 3000 ft. Miro; Toromiro; Black-pine. 
Wood strong, hard and compact, straight-grained, not durable in exposed 
situations. The fleshy drupes form the chief food of the wood-pigeon during 
the winter months. 
6. P..spicatus, #&. Br. in Benn. Pl. Jav. Rar. 40.—A tall 
round-headed forest-tree 40-80ft. high; branches numerous, 
crowded, erect; trunk 2-4 ft. diam.; bark black or bluish-black, 
scaling off in large flakes. Young plants with long slender flexuous 
and pendulous branches, clothed towards the tips with reddish- 
brown leaves. Leaves of mature plants distichous, +-3in. long, 
linear, straight or slightly falcate, obtuse or apiculate, coriaceous, 
green above, glaucous beneath. Flowers dicecious. Males numerous, 
4_1in. long, linear, obtuse, horizontal, arranged in axillary spikes. 
Authers closely packed ; connective ovate, acute. Female flowers. 
in 3-8-flowered spikes. Fruit black or nearly so, globose, succulent, 
4-1in. diam.; fleshy receptacle wanting.—Hook. Ic. Plant. t. 543 ;. 
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Raoul, Choix, 41; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 232; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 
