272 PODOCARPUS. 



being in general more delicate, its branches more erect, much 

 shorter, and not so thickly furnished with leaves, which in gene- 

 ral is more glaucous, not so long, a little broader, and more 

 obtuse than those on the female plant. 



A large bush, or small tree, with a straight stem, found abun- 

 dantly in China and Japan, where it is called ' Maki.* 



No. 8. PoDOCARPUs coRiACEA, Richard, the Leathery-leaved 



Podocarpus. 



Syn. Podocarpus Yacca, Don. 

 „ 5, Antillarum, R. Brown. 



„ Taxus lancifolia, Wickstram. 



Leaves, elliptic, lanceolate, tolerably thick, leathery, shining, 

 sessile, or tapering to the base into a very short footstalk, getting 

 narrower to the apex, and terminating in an almost obtuse 

 point ; from one to two inches long, and nearly half an inch 

 broad in the widest part, with an elevated mid-rib running along 

 the centre on both sides, but largest on the under surface. 

 Branches, spreading, horizontal, alternate, or sometimes o]3po- 

 site, or in whorls, frequently slender, and naked on the greater 

 part of the larger ones, and tuberculated by the falling leaves. 

 Fruit, solitary, axillary, and very small, on short footstalks, with 

 a fleshy receptacle, thickened, and sloping to the top. Seeds, 

 oval, oblong, slightly curved, and terminating on the top in a 

 short blunt point. 



A small tree, from forty to fifty feet high, found on the 

 Antilles, the Island of Montserrat, and on the Blue Mountains 

 of Jamaica, where it is called * Yacca.' 



It is not hardy. 



No. 9. Podocarpus discolor, Bhime, the Discoloured 

 Podocarpus. 



Leaves, thickly set on, or scattered along the shoots, linear- 

 lanceolate, quite straight, leathery, stiff, and tapering to a sharp 

 pungent point, from one inch and a half to two inches and a 

 half long, and rather more than a quarter of an inch wide. 



