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buds covered with scales. Male catkins, cylindrical, in bundles, 

 on short, axillary peduncles, surrounded at the base with con- 

 cave membranaceous scales, which soon fall off. 



A tall tree, growing upwards of 100 feet high, found in 

 forests on the western part of the Island of Java, at an elevation 

 of 5,000 feet, particularly at ' Karang,' in the province of 

 Bantam, and about ' Pangaranghu.' 



It is very tender. 



No. 22. PoDOCARPUS NEREiFOLiA, JR. Brown, the Nerium- 



leaved Podocarpus. 



Syn. Podocarpus macrophylla, Wallich, not Don. 



Leaves, alternate, but mostly very closely placed on the 

 branchlets, erect or spreading, lanceolate, and acute-pointed, 

 frequently reflected on the under side, and regularly attenuated 

 to the base with a stout petiole, very thick, flat, and leathery, 

 from three to six inches long, and from one quarter to three- 

 quarters of an inch broad, of a bright green on the upper 

 surface, but much paler below, and traversed along the middle 

 by a very elevated rib, almost acute on the upper side, but less 

 elevated and more enlarged on the under one. Branches, 

 slender, and provided with bracts at the base. Male catkins, 

 long, axillary, and solitary; females on axillary, one -flowered 

 peduncles, longer than the receptacles ; receptacle oblong, and 

 obliquely lobed. Fruit, eatable, with a sweetish taste. 



A large tree, found in Nepal, Sincapore, and Penang, grow- 

 ing forty feet high. 



It is very tender. 



No. 23. Podocarpus nivalis. Hooker, the Snowy Podocarpus. 



Leaves, oblong, or elliptic, obtuse, recurved, and spreading, 

 tapering to the base and apex, very closely placed, thick on the 

 edges, sessile, or on very short footstalks, and with a single 

 nerve along the middle of the leaf, scarcely visible, or almost 

 wanting on the upper surface, but rather projecting on the 

 under one ; from three to four lines long, and from one 



