PODOCARPUS. 289 



ing, axillary, and terminating in two or three flowers, but abor- 

 tive, and only one-fruited. Seeds, ovate, or globular. 



A tree about sixty feet high, found on the mountains of 

 Saragura, in Peru, and between Ona and Loxa, at an elevation 

 of from 6,000 to 8,000 feet. 



There is the following variety : — 



PoDOCARPUS TAXIFOLIA DENSIFOLIA, Kimth. 



Syn. Taxus montana, Var. Willdenow. 



Leaves, much denser, and not more than half the length of 

 those of the species, but in other respects the same. 



It is found on the mountains of Quindiu, between Moral and 

 Passo-del-Machin, in Peru, at an elevation of from 6,000 to 

 8,000 feet. 



Section III. DACRYCARPUS. Endlicher, or the Dacry- 



DIUM-FRUITED PoDOCARPS. 



Flowers, solitary and terminal. 



Receptacle, fleshy, with the axis of the short spike, -^ithout 

 bracts. 



Leaves, many-formed, either three-sided, needle-shaped, and 

 in five rows, or in two rows, spreading, linear, and flat. 



Large trees, natives of Java and New Zealand. 



No. 4L PoDOCARPUS cuPREssiNA, R. Browii, the Cypress-like 



Podocarpus. 

 Syn. Podocarpus imbricata, Blume. 

 „ „ Horsfieldii, Wallich. 



„ Taxodium Horsfieldii, Knight. 



Leaves, opposite, linear-falcate, and spreading in two rows on 

 the lesser branchlets, but arranged in five rows, loosely imbri- 

 cated, needle-shaped, three-sided or awl-shaped, acute, and 

 spiny-pointed on_ the principal and lateral branches ; from 



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