The nearest ally of D. inter medium is undoubtedly D. Colensoi, which 

 very closely resembles it in size, mode of growth, and quality and appearance 

 of its timber. But D. Colensoi is taller, and has a more conical outline; the 

 trunk is straighter and cleaner; the leaves of young trees are flatter and more 

 distichous; the mature leaves are smaller, and the branchlets more slender; 

 while the nut is smaller, and enclosed almost as far as the middle in the well- 

 developed aril. 



Plate 188. Dacrydium intermedium: A, foliage of juvenile plautis ; B, of young trees; C, 

 male specimen, adult ; D, female specimen, adult ; the specimens from the Cape Colville Peninsula and 

 the Hope Mountains, Nelson. Fig. 1, leaves of juvenile plants ( x 4) ; 2, leaves of young trees (x 4) ; 

 3, tip of branch, with male inflorescence (x 4) ; 4, leaf of mature tree (x 4) ; 5 and 6, anthers (x 8) ; 

 7, branchlet, with female flower at the tip ( x 4) ; 8, female flower within its scale ( x 8) ; 9, section 

 of the same ( x 8) ; 10, mature nut ( x 4) ; 11, section of same, showing embryo partly detached (x 4) ; 

 12, embryo (xl2). 



