medivm, with which it agrees in the shape of the juvenile leaves, and in the 

 niicropyle of the ovule being elongated and strongly incurved (see figs. 8 

 to 11 in the accompanying plate). 



Plate 189. Dacrydium laxifolium, male, female, and foliage of young plant, drawn from speci- 

 mens collected on Moimt Kakaramea, Taupo, at an altitude of 4,000 ft. Fig. 1 , leaves from a young 

 plant ( X 4) ; 2, spreading leaves from an older plant ( x 4) ; 3, tip of branchlet, with male inflorescence 

 (x 4) ; 4 and 5, anthers (x 8) ; 6, tip of branchlet, with female inflorescence (x 4) ; 7, pair of female 

 flowers, with bracts ( x 7) ; 8, single flower, with its bracts ( x 8) ; 9, flower (ovule) seated within its 

 scale (x8); 10, longitudinal section of same (x8); 11, mature nut, the "receptacle" not enlarged 

 or succulent ( x 4) ; 12, another specimen, the receptacle greatly enlarged and succulent ( x 4) ; 

 13, longitudinal section of the same (x4) ; 14, embryo (x8) ; 1-5, tip of branchlet bearing two nuts 

 or seeds (x 5). 



