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Podocarpus Nagi, Pilger (Nageia).' 



Podocarpus Nagaia, R. Bfown. 



A tree 60-80 ft. high. Barh smooth, purple. Leaves opposite 

 or sub-opposite, ovate or broadly lance-shaped, 1^2 in. long, 

 |-1 in. wide, narrowing to a blunt apex ; thick, leathery, dark 

 green above, paler beneath. Male flowers solitary, simple or 

 branched, up to f in. long, or stalks ^ in. in length. Seeds round, 

 about I in. in diameter, covered by a glaucous bloom. 



Var. an^ustifolius, Maximowicz. 



Leaves shorter and narrower than the type. About | in. 

 long. 



Var. rotundifolius, Maximowicz. 

 P. ovata, Henkel. 

 Distinguished by its relatively broader leaves. 



Var. variegatus. 



Leaves shorter and rounder than the type, variegated with 

 yellow. 



P. Nageia is a native of Japan, China, and Formosa. In the 

 latter country it is regarded as a valuable timber tree. In Japan 

 it is popular as a pot plant for dwarfing, and is also used for 

 landscape effect. Prof. Sargent says of the tree : ^ " A grove of 

 these trees on the hill behind the Shinto temples at Nara is one of 

 the most interesting spots in Japan and in solemn dignity and 

 beauty is only surpassed by the grove of Cryptomeria which 

 surrounds the mausoleums of Jeyasu and Jemitsu at Nikko." 



Podocarpus neriifolius, D. Don (Eupodocarpus). 

 Thitmin. 



Podocarpus bracteata, Blume ; P. discolor, Blume ; P. Junglmhniana, 

 Mic|uel ; P. leptostachya, Blume ; P. macrophylla, var. acuminatissima, 

 Pritzel ; P. polystachya, R. Brown ; Nageia bracteata, Kurz. Prince of 

 Woods. 



A variable tree, 40-60 ft. high, with branches more or less 

 whorled. Bark thin, fibrous, greyish-brown. Leaves 4—7 in. 

 long, ^-1% in. wide on old specimens to 5-10 in. long and |— | in. 

 wide on young trees ; thick, leathery, the midrib prominent on 

 both surf aces, apex pointed, dark glossy green above, paler beneath. 

 Male flowers stalliless, produced several together, 1-2 in. long, 

 about \ in. wide. Seeds usually solitary, globose, about \ in. 

 long, produced on a swollen stalkless receptacle. 



^For. Fl. Japan, 11 (1894). 



