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Branches, very numerous, slender, entirely covered with scale- 

 formed leaves, loosely imbricated, very much like those of an 

 Arthrotaxis, but very much smaller. 



A large evergreen bush, from fifteen to twenty feet high, very 

 much resembling a Cypress, with the leaves of a Dacrydium, 

 found very common on the hills of Port Cypress, and along the 

 borders of Lake St. Clair, in Tasmania (Van Dicmen's Land). 



It is not hardy. 



Gen. NAGEIA. Gartner. 



Flowers, monoecious or dioecious. 



Fruit, axillary, drupacious, about the size of a cherry, and 

 quite round. 



Receptacle, fleshy, and connected with the bracteas by the 

 axis of the short one-fruited spike. 



Seeds, with a hard thin shell. 



Leaves, opposite or alternate, and many-nerved. 



Seed-leaves, in twos. 



Name, derived from ' Na' or ' Nagi,' its Japanese name, and 

 signifying catkin-bearing. 



All moderate-sized trees, natives of the East Indies, Java, and 

 Japan. 



No. 1. Nageia Blumet, Gordon, Dr. Blume's Java Nagi. 

 Syn. Podocarpus Blumei, Endlicher. 

 „ „ agathifolia, Blame. 



„ „ latifolia, Blume. 



Leaves, in nearly opposite pairs, elliptic, or broadly lanceolate, 

 stiff, many-nerved, shining, leathery, and slightly twisted at the 

 base ; from three to five inches long, and from one to two inches 

 broad on the adult ones ; but longer, more pointed, and much 

 thinner on the younger ones, and sometimes withered or sphace- 

 late at the points. Branches, spreading, cylindrical, and of a 



