280 PODOCARPUS. 



to one line and a half broad in the widest part. Male 

 flowers, small, cylindrical, obtuse, and united in threes on the 

 top of the axillary peduncle. Fruit, unknown. 



A very small bush, found near the limits of perpetual snow, 

 on the mountain of Tongariro, in the northern part of New 

 Zealand. 



It is not yet introduced. 



No. 24. PoDocARPUs NUBiGJENA, Lindhy, the Nubigean 



Podocarpus. 



Syn. Saxe-Gothffia gracilis, Hort. 



Leaves, linear, or oval elliptic, somewhat falcate, thick, flat, 

 and attenuated at the base, with a short stout footstalk, and ter- 

 minating in a short acute point at the apex ; from three quarters 

 of an inch to one inch and three quarters long, and a quarter of 

 an inch broad, with a single nerve along the middle ; green 

 above, and marked on the under side on each side of the rib 

 by a broad band more or less glaucous. Fruit, oblong, grow- 

 ing singly in the axil of the leaves, on very short stalks, with 

 the receptacle two-lobed, obovate, and unequal-sided. Seeds, 

 oblong, slightly bossed, and curved inwards at the point. 



A large tree, found on the colder parts of Chili, the Andes of 

 Patagonia, in the province of Valdivia, and the Island of Chiloe, 

 where it is called * Pino.' 



No. 25. Podocarpus oleifolia, Don, the Olive-leaved 

 Podocarpus. 



Leaves, lanceolate, acute, very entire, leathery, smooth on 

 both sides, one-nerved, with a sunken channel on the upper 

 surface along the middle nerve, reflected on the edges, and 

 tapering a little to the base ; from one to one inch and a half 

 long, and from two to three lines broad. Branches, crowded* 

 smooth, and thickly furnished with leaves. Male catkins, with- 

 out footstalks," cylindrical, solitary, and about one inch long 

 footstalks of the fruit, filiform, two-lobed, smooth, about three 

 quarters of an inch long, and two-flowered, one always abortive. 

 Fruit, oval, solitary, very smooth, and reflected. 



