PODOOABP U8—PB UMNOPITYS 149 



P. Chilina, Richard. 



Syn. : P. Andina, Hort (not Poeppig). 



Branchlets. — Smooth and green. 



Leaves. — Linear; straight or sickle-shaped; tapered at 

 base; apex pointed 2 to 4 inches by nearly J inch; dark 

 blue-green upper side, paler beneath. 



Fruit. — Ovoid; J inch long. 



Inhabits the Andes of Chili and makes a compact shrub. 

 In Cornwall and Devon it sometimes becomes a tree. 



P. Totara, A. Cunn. 



Habit spreading. 



Branchlets. — Rigid; opposite; dull green; channelled 

 bark. 



Leaves. — Arranged spirally and inserted with a twist; 

 linear; J inch to IJ inches; duU yellow- green; grooved 

 above, paler and sHghtly keeled beneath. 



Fruit. — ^About the size of a cherry, enclosing a round or 

 tapered nut. 



A Tasmanian, it makes a low shrub in my garden and 

 seems comparatively hardy. 



PRUMNOPITYS, Phil. 



Prumnopitys elegans, Philippi. 



Syn.: Podocarpus andina, Poeppig (not Hort.). 



Is generally known in gardens by its synonym. 



In cultivation it makes a round or broadly pyramidal 

 bush, dense and slow in growth. 



Branchlets. — Smooth and green. 



Leaves. — Linear; J inch to 1^ inches by J inch; tapered 

 at base and stalked; apex abrupt; dark green above, 

 slightly glaucous beneath; leaves arranged radially. 



Fruit. — Yellow- white ; f inch long. 



Fairly hardy if sheltered from cold winds. 



