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Podocarpus Purdieanus, Hooker (Eupodocarpus). 



Pudociirpus jainiiicen.sis, Hort. ; P. iiiiicronata, Hort. 



A tree up to 120 ft. high, with spirally arranged leaves l|-4 in. 

 long and -|-| in. wide, or on vigorous young plants up to 4 J in. 

 long and | in. wide, the apex rounded or ending in a short jjoint. 

 Seeds ovoid, about \ in. long, with a short blunt point. 



Native of Jamaica. 



Podocarpus Rumphii, Blume (Eupodocarpus). 



A tree 40 ft. high with leaves 5-9 in. long and up to | in. 

 wide, narrowed at the apex to a long point. Seeds globose, pro- 

 duced on a conspicuous, fleshy receptacle. 



P. Rumphii is abundant at elevations of 7,000-9,000 ft. in 

 the forests on the Arfak Mountains, Dutch New Guinea. 



Podocarpus Sellowii, Klotzsch (Eupodocarpus). 



PiNHEIRA BRAVA. 



A small tree usually 20-30 ft. high, bearing shortly stalked, 

 lance-shaped, short-pointed, leathery leaves, 1|-3| in. long and 

 ^-i in. wide on mature trees ; upwards of C in. long and |-f in. 

 wide on vigorous young plants. Male floivers solitary from the 

 leaf axils. Seeds shortly stallved, smooth, seated on a fleshy 

 receptacle. 



Var. angustifolius, Pilger. 



Leaves up to 1-| in. long and ^ in. wide. 

 Native of Brazil. 



Endl. Syn. Com J. 209 (1847). 



Podocarpus spicatus, R. Brown (Stachycarpus). 

 Matai. 



Dacrydivmi taxifoliiim, Banks ; D. Mayi, Van Houtte ; Prumnopitys 

 spicata, Kent. Black Pine ; I\Iai ; Red Pine. 



A tree 60-80 ft. high, with a trunk up to 9 ft. in girth, varying 

 considerably in habit. Young trees 10-20 ft. high, with slender, 

 pendulous branches divided into numerous branchlets with 

 small, narrow, bronze-tinted leaves confined to the extremities, 

 becoming, when mature, a round-headed tree with erect branches 

 which divide into short, close-set branchlets. Bark bluish. 

 Leaves \-\ in. long, about ._>'o in. wide, green above, glaucous 

 on each side of the midrib beneath. Male flowers \-\ m. long, 

 unstalked, 20 or more together on short, stiff shoots about 1 in. 

 long. Seeds round, the size of a small pea, black with a glaucous 

 bloom, produced several together on short shoots. 



