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receptacle. The variety arhorescens, Pilger, is not regarded as 

 distinct. 



P. milanjianus is found in Uganda, Kenya, and Tanganyika 

 Territories and in Nyasaland. In Kenya it ascends to 11,000 ft., 

 where it occurs as a low, dense bush. 



It is a valuable timber tree and worthy of careful preservation 

 in countries where easily worked soft woods are uncommon. The 

 wood is obtainable in lengths up to 20 ft., squaring 12-16 in. 



It thrives in swampy places as well as upon better drained 

 land. 



Podocarpus minor, Parlatorc (Nageia). 



Nageia minor, Carriere. 



A bush or small tree up to 30-40 ft. high,^ with spirally 

 arranged, stalkless leaves ^-| in. long, l~l in. wide, blunt and 

 rounded at the apex, or sometimes with the leaves arranged in 

 two opposite ranks. Male flowers short, sturdy, |-^ in. long, 

 at the points of short, axillary shoots. Seeds large, 1-1| in. long, 

 I in. wide, on short, slender, bract-covered shoots ; red when ripe. 



Native of New Caledonia, where it is frequent in conifer forests 

 all over the island. The wood is described as having a sweet, 

 resinous scent. 



Podocarpus montanus, Loddiges (Stachycarpus). 



Pmo. 



Podocarpus Humboldtii, Knight ; P. taxifolia, Humboldt ; Taxus 

 montana, Willdcnow ; Dacrydium distichum, Don ; Torreya Hun:iboldtii, 

 Knight ; Nageia montana, O. Kuntze ; Prumnopitys taxifoha, Hort. 



A tree up to 60 ft. high with wide-spreading branches and 

 yew -like foliage evenly arranged in two sub -opposite rows. 

 Leaves |-| in. long, ni-iV in. wide, sharply pointed at the apex, 

 the base slightly twisted and shortly stalked, bright green above, 

 pale green or glaucous beneath. Malefloivers axillary and terminal 

 from shoots l|-3 in. long, numerous flowers, each about | in. 

 long, appearing from the same shoot. Seed about | in. long, 

 sessile or very shortly stalked. 



Var. diver sifolius, Kunth. 



Leaves shorter and more closely arranged than in the type. 



Native of the Cordilleras of Peru and Colombia, where it grows 

 at an altitude of 9,000-10,000 ft. Mr. M. T. Dawe records it 

 (see specimens collected by him in the Kew Herbarium) as one of 

 the most useful timber trees of the Cordillera Columbia. The 

 timber is much used for cabinet work. Living specimens are 

 to be seen in the Temperate House at Kew. 



^ Compton, loc. cit. 425. 



