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kinds of leaves often occurs. In addition the main ])ranclies arc 

 clothed with triangular bract-like leaves. Male and female floivers 

 produced on different trees. Male flowers terminal, scarcely I in. 

 long. Female flowers terminal. Seeds small, round, J-| in. in 

 diameter, seated in a red receptacle with a glaucous bloom. 



P. dacrydioides is endemic in New Zealand, where it is widely 

 distributed and an important timber tree. It is found from 

 low elevation to an altitude of 2,300 ft., sometimes occupymg 

 swampy ground, where the tree develops large buttresses. 



Wood white or yellowish, straight-grained, easily worked and 

 suitable for general carpentry, the inside finish of houses, packing 

 cases, dry cooperage, etc. Small parcels of the timber have been 

 received in this country, but it appears improbable that it can 

 compete satisfactorily with better-known woods, and its use will 

 probably be restricted to New Zealand and Australia. 



Small plants are to be seen m the Temperate House at Kew, 

 and it is lilcely to meet with success out of doors in the warmest 

 parts of England and Ireland. 



Kirk, Forest Flora of New Zealand, 41 (1889). 



Podocarpus Daw^ei, Stapf.^ (Stachycarpus). 



An important timber tree 100 ft. high in Cent. Africa, with a 

 long clear trunk and small crown of crowded branches. Leaves 

 spirally arranged, |-1| in. long, i-| in. wide, thick, leathery, 

 midrib scarcely noticeable above, more prominent beneath. 

 Seed sub -globose, dark brown or purple with a glaucous bloom, 

 about I in. long and wide. 



Native of Uganda, found near the Kangera River at an alti- 

 tude of 4,000 ft. 



The timber is of considerable local value for general carpentry. 



Podocarpus Drouynianus, F. Mueller (Eupodocarpus). 



An Australian species closely allied to P. spinulosus. Leaves 

 unstalked, spirally arranged as in the Irish yew, up to 3 in. long, 

 i'„ in. wide, sharply pointed, margins strongly recurved, midrib 

 prominent, upper surface green, underside glaucous. Male 

 floivers stalked, l-\ in. long, \ in. wide, solitary or in small clusters. 

 Seed I in. long, borne on a fleshy, purple, waxy-coated receptacle 

 ^1 in. long, on a slender stalk. 



Podocarpus elatus, R. Brown (Eupodocarpus). 

 Brown Pine. 



Podocarpus ensifolia, R. Brown ; Nageia elata, INIueller. Pliim Pine ; 

 Yellow Pine. 



A tree 100 ft. high, with a trunk 9 ft. in girth in New South 

 Wales and S. Queensland. Leaves variable in length and arrange- 



^Fl oj Trop. Africa, vi. sect. 2, pt. 2, 342 (1917). 



