Podocarpus. | CONIFER. 651 
958; Kirk, Forest Fl. t. 4, 5; Pilger, Pflanzenreich, iv. 5, 68. 
P. Matai, Lamb. ex Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 741. Dacrydium 
taxifolium, Banks and Soland. ex Lamb. Pin. ed. ii. 119. D. Mai, 
A. Cunn. Precur. n. 329. Prumnopitys spicata, Kent im Veitch 
Man. Conif. ed. 11. 157. 
Nort AnD SoutH Isnanps, StpwaRt IstAND: Not uncommon in forests 
from the North Cape southwards. Sea-level to 2000 ft. Matai; Mai; 
Black-pine. 
A very distinct species, at once recognised by the spicate flowers and globose 
fruit. Wood brownish, hard, heavy, close-grained, of great strength and dura- 
bility. This and the preceding differ from the remaining New Zealand species 
in wanting the succulent receptacle to the fruit. 
7. P. dacrydioides, A. Rich. Fl. Now. Zel. O00; tS SA 
lofty tree 80-100it. or 120ft. high, in swampy localities often 
growing gregariously and forming dense forests ; trunk 2-5 ft. diam. 
Leaves of two forms: those of young trees distichous, }—+ in. 
long, linear, faleate, upturned and acuminate at the tip, decurrent 
at the base, flat, nerveless; of mature trees inserted all round 
the branch and appressed to it, imbricated, #,-$in. long, subu- 
late-lanceolate, acuminate, keeled. Flowers dicecious. Males 
solitary, terminal, 3-+in. long; anthers crowded; connective 
ovate, acute. Female flowers minute, solitary, terminating the 
branchlets ; peduncle and bracts swollen. Fruit a black ovoid 
nut about +in. long, seated on the greatly enlarged bright-red 
succulent peduncle.— Raoul, Choi, 41; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. 
i. 2338; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 258; Kirk, Forest Fil. t. 31, 32; Pulger, 
Pflanzenreich, iv. 5, 57. P. thuyoides, Rk. Br. in Benn. Pl. Jav. 
Rar. 41. Dacrydium excelsum, D. Don. in Lamb. Pin. ed. ii. App. 
D. ferrugineum, Van Houtte ex Gord. Pin. 590. D. thuyoides, 
Banks and Sol. ex Carr. Conif. 479. 
NorrH anp SourH Istanps, Stewart Isptanp: In lowland forests from 
the North Cape southwards, abundant. Sea-level to 2000 ft. Kahikatea ; 
Kahika ; White-pine. 
One of the tallest trees in the colony, said to occasionally attain the height 
of 150ft. The wood is white or pale-yellow, tough and compact, straight- 
grained, and easily worked, but unfortunately not durable when in contact 
with the ground or where regularly exposed to damp. It is very suitable for 
inside work of all kinds, but is liable to the attacks of a small boring beetle. 
4. DACRYDIUM, Solana. 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves usually dimorphic; of old trees small 
and scale-like, closely imbricate; of young trees or of the lower 
branches of old ones longer and narrower, spreading, linear or linear- 
subulate. Flowers dicecious or more rarely moncecious. Males soli- 
tary at the tips of the branchlets and sessile amongst the uppermost 
leaves. Staminal column oblong or cylindrical; anthers sessile, 
spirally imbricate ; cells 2, globose, contiguous, deflexed ; connec- 
tive prolonged into a terminal claw or spur. Female flowers at or 
