136 NAGEIA. 



brown colour ; outer and upper ones opposite, thick, rounded, 

 jointed, and sometimes compressed at the ends. Flower buds, 

 axillary or lateral, from among the abortive leaves, and com- 

 posed of a few imbricated, oval-pointed scales, keeled or boat- 

 shaped on the back. Male catkins, in clusters of from three ^to 

 seven in number on the short branchlets, sometimes, but very 

 rarely on short footstalks ; from a quarter to three quarters of 

 an inch long, thick, and of a yellowish colour ; footstalks of the 

 fruit, axillary, solitary, and opposite. Fruit, globular, singly at 

 first, but soon afterwards, on account of the deciduous nature of 

 the floral leaves, become disposed in bunches at the extremities 

 of the branchlets, with the outer covering thin and leathery, 

 the inner one brittle and bony. 



A tall tree, from seventy to eighty feet high, with an ample 

 head, full of spreading branches, found in forests, on the moun- 

 tains of Salak, in the Island of Java. 



It is very tender. 



No. 2. Nageia cuspidata, Gordon, the Long Pointed-leaved 



Nagi. 

 Syn. Podocarpus cuspidata, Endlicher. 



Leaves, opposite, or nearly so, those at the extremities of the 

 branchlets frequently alternate, and somewhat in two rows ; 

 elliptic, very entire, undulated on the margins, tapering to a 

 short stout footstalk at the base, and long tail at the apex, very 

 seldom acute, and never mucronate ; from one and three quar- 

 ters to three inches long, and one and a quarter to one and a 

 half inch broad in the middle, of a very deep green on the upper 

 surface, and light green below, marked on the under side with 

 numerous longitudinal nerves, slightly elevated, and of a bright 

 green colour. Branches, spreading, alternate, or opposite, or in 

 whorls, frequently naked, and much warted on the adult 

 branches by the falling of the leaves; branchlets, opposite, very 

 rarely alternate, and generally in two roAvs. Fruit, unknown. 



A small tree, growing from fifteen to twenty feet high, found 

 growing on the Island of Jczo, in Japan. 



