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P. hypophyllus is a native of the Philippine Islands, New 

 Guinea, and Borneo, where it is a mountain plant occurring at 

 elevations of 8,500-12,000 ft. 



P. protractus, Pilger, according to Miss Gibbs ^ who saw 

 the plant wild in the Arfak Mountains, is not distinct from P. 

 hypophyllus . 



Hooker, Ic. PI. t. 889 (1852). 



Phyllocladus rhomboidalis, Richard. 

 Celery -TOPPED Pine. 



Phyllocladus asplenifolia, Hooker fil. ; P. Billardieri, Mirbel ; P. serra- 

 tifolia, Nois ; Podocarpus asplenifolia, Labillardiere ; Adventure Bay Pine. 



A tree with a maximum height of 60 ft. and a trunk girth 

 of G-9 ft., or reduced to a bush on high mountains. Bark an 

 inch or more thick, hard, scaly. Branches thick in proportion 

 to their length. Cladodes glaucous, diamond- or fan-shaped, 

 very variable in outline, 1-2 in. long, ^-| in. wide, margins 

 irregularly and bluntly toothed or lobed ; the terminal ones 

 bearing the female flowers. Cones similar to those of P. alpina. 



P. rhoitihoidalis occurs around Williamsford, Tasmania, asso- 

 ciated with Athrotaxis selaginoides. 



Wood pale brown, rather hard, close and short-grained, some- 

 times prettily figured and rather like yew in general appearance. 

 It has been used for masts, flooring and building purposes, and 

 appears to be suitable for furniture and cabinet work. Specimens 

 from high altitudes are stunted and dwarfed with very short, 

 dense shoots and small cladodes. 



Phyllocladus trichomanoides, D. Don. (Fig. 4.) 



Tanekaha. 



Phyllocladus Ciuininghamii, Hort. ; P. glauca, Hort. [not Can-iere] ; 

 P. hypophylla, Hort. [not Hooker fil.]. 



A tree 40-60 or more ft. high, with a trunl?; 3-9 ft. in girth. 

 Bark IJ in. or more thick, black without, reddish internally. 

 Branches whorled ; branchlets loose and slender in cultivated 

 plants. Cladodes |-1 in. long and wide, the lateral usually larger 

 than the terminal, fan-shaped, broadly ovate or rounded, the 

 margins deeply lobed, serrate or almost entire. Male and female 

 flowers on the same plant. Male catkins in clusters of 5-10 on 

 short, slender stalks. Female flowers usually solitary on the 

 margins or near the apex of terminal cladodes. Seed nut-like, 

 short-pointed, enclosed at the base in a thin envelope surrounded 

 by a swollen cup formed by the fusion of two fleshy scales. 



Native of New Zealand, where it is said to be restricted to 

 Auckland and Hawke's Bay District in the North Island and to 



» Contrib. Phytogeo. and Fl. Arfak Mount. 82 (1917). 



