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,.demum cum illa confluens et in unum corpus coalita, apice (ad 
»basim seilicet fructus) foramine conspicuo perforata. Membrana 
»seminis interna test: cavitatem implens et cum illa pro maxima 
»parte cohzrens, superne in brevi spatio libera, aperturz  mar- 
»£inibus in tubum longiusculum cylindricum , apice breviter 4 — 
».9fidum, extra foramen teste prominulum productis. Nucleus 
,tcum basi membrane intern: cohszrens. Semen penitus maturum 
haud visum, sed paullo ante maturitatem drupam siccam zmu- 
.lans, subglobosum, mucronulo inconspicuo ex apice squamul:e 
»persistenti instruetum; superficie uniformi, levi, vix ulla squa- 
ul: testzque distinetione manente: membrana interna facilius 
».quam in semine juniore solubili.^ Bennett l. c. 
39. PopocaRPUS DACRYOIDES À. Rich. 
Dacrycarpus foliis omnibus subulatis compresso-tetra- 
gonis mucronatis glaucis aliis laxe imbricatis aliis subdi- 
stiche patentibus, seminibus ramulos breves strictos ter- 
minantibus. 
Dacrydium thuioides Banks et Soland. asc. 
Dacrydium excelsum Don in Lambert Pin. Ed. 2. II. App. A. 
Cunningh. Annal. of nat. hist. I. 213. 
Podocarpus daceryoides A. Richard Flor. Nov. Zeel. 358. t. 39. 
Podocarpus thuioides R. Brown in Horsfield Plant. Jav. rar. 35. 
Kahi-Katea Nov. Zeel. 
Habitat in Nova Zeelandia boreali, solo juxta rivos cenoso, 
sylvas densas efformans. 
»Arbor procera, resinosa, usque ad 200 pedes alia, pyramida- 
»lis. Rami teretes, cortice griseo-albescente vestiti. Folia par- 
.Vula, Subtrifariam imbricata, appressa aut patula, sessilia, 
.ramulo continua et quasi decurrentia, linearia, mucronata, la- 
»teraliter compressa, glaberrima, 1 — 2 lineas longa. Flores fe- 
,minei ramulos terminantes, solitarii, sessiles, inversi: squamula 
»lateralis carnosa , involucro adnata, apice tantum ad basim floris 
Sito libera, obtusa. Involucrum inversum , ovoideum , apice con- 
»tractum et tubulosum, ore obtuse subbilobo terminatum. Fruc- 
»tus sicut flos. inversus, subdrupaceus, pisiformis, crustaceus, 
.Ovoideus, apice inverso apiculatus. Endospermium carnosum, 
