PODOCARPUS. 283 



surface ; from three to five inches long, and very rarely more 

 than half an inch broad. Male catkins, axillary, solitary, cylin- 

 drical, obtuse, a little incurved, and three quarters of an inch 

 long, with angular footstalks ; footstalks of the fruit, from three 

 quarters of an inch to one inch long, and much thicker than that 

 of the receptacle, which is two-lobed, but only one-fruited. 

 Fruit, oblong, or globular, smooth, and furnished with a shortish 

 point on the apex. 



A small tree, found on the mountains of Colombia, and in 

 the North-western part of South America. 



It is very tender. 



No. 31. PoDOCARPUs Sellowii, Klotzsch, Sellow's Podocarpus. 



Leaves, long, lanceolate, acute-pointed, and tapering to the 

 base ; from two to three inches long, and from three to six lines 

 broad in the widest part. Male flowers, axillary, elongated, 

 and solitary ; footstalks of the fruit slender, with the upper part 

 two-flowered, but only one-fruited, the other being always abor- 

 tive. Fruit, smooth. 



A tree, found on the mountains of Brazil, by Sellow, but not 

 hardy. 



No. 32. Podocarpus spinulosa, R. Brown^ the Spiny- 

 leaved Podocarpus. 

 Syn. Podocarpus excelsa, Loddiges. 

 „ „ pungens, Don. 



„ Taxus spinulosa. Smith. 



Leaves, alternate, or opposite, or in whorls, linear-falcate, 

 leathery, spreading in all directions, pungent, smooth, and 

 thick, from one to one inch and three-quarters long, and one 

 line broad, tapering to a very sharp point, thickened on the 

 edges, and with an elevated rib along the middle. Branches, 

 slender, and spreading. Male flowers, in clusters, and axillary. 

 Fruit, on axillary footstalks, much longer than those of the 

 receptacles, which are somewhat club-shaped, and one-fruited. 

 Seed, globular, solitary, and about as large as a pea. 



A tree, found growing about Port Jackson, and in the eastern 

 part of New Holland. It is not hardy. 



