278 PODOCARPUS. 



No. 20. PoDOCARPUS MACROPHYLLA, DoTi^ the Long-leaved 

 Podocarpus. 

 Syn. Podocarpus verticillata, Hort. 

 „ „ longifolia, Hort. 



,, Taxus macrophylla. Banks. 

 „ „ longifolia, Hort. 

 „ ISIaki-faBtens, KcB7npfer. 



Leaves, alternate or scattered, linear-lanceolate, or somewhat 

 oblong, flat on the edges, distant, spread out, and of a dry, 

 leathery texture, from two to four inches long, and about half 

 an inch wide, with an elevated rib on both sides, but principally 

 on the upper one, very rarely falcate, mostly straight, of a pale, 

 shining green, and tapering to a short, round footstalk at the 

 base, and obtuse point at the apex, sometimes withered, or 

 furnished with a stiff, blackish point. Branches, numerous, 

 mostly in whorls ; branchlets, slightly angular, and rough from 

 the fallen leaves. Male catkins, furnished at the base with 

 scales ; female peduncles axillary, solitary, one-fruited, and 

 furnished with two bracteas on the top. Fruit, oval, smooth, 

 and about the size of a pea. 



A tree growing from forty to fifty feet high, with vertical 

 branches, and an ample head, found abundantly in Japan, and 

 much cultivated by the Japanese in their gardens as the ' Fon- 

 maki,' or true Maki. 



The timber is white, light, excellent, and free from the 

 attacks of insects. 



No. 21. Podocarpus neglecta, Blume, the Neglected 

 Podocarpus. 



Leaves, somewhat in two rows, or scattered, linear-lanceolate, 

 acute-pointed, and more or less reflected on the margins, from 

 two to four inches long, and from half to three-quarters of an 

 inch broad, with an elevated rib on both sides, but most on the 

 under side, and tapering into a very short twisted footstalk. 

 Branches, opposite, or in whorls, cylindrical, and reddish- 

 brown ; branchlets, opposite, two-rowed, and almost angular ; 



