66 A HANDBOOK OF CONIFERS 



A native of New Zealand, where it ascends to 1,800 ft. Speci- 

 mens were collected by Alan Cunningham in 1826. 



Wood smooth when worked, rather similar in texture to good 

 Scots pine and useful for the same purposes. It has been 

 employed for dry cooperage, general house construction, railway 

 sleepers, bridge timbers, flooring, and other uses. 



Kirk, toe. cit. 5, 299 (1889). Hook. Icon. Plant, t. 543 (1843). 



Podocarpus spinulosus, R. Brown (Eupodocarpus). 

 Native Plum. 



Podocarpus pungens, Don ; P. Bidwillii, Hoibr ; P. excelsa, Loddiges ; 

 Taxus spiniilosa, Smith ; Nageia spiniilosa, F. von Mueller. 



A densely branched, yew-like shrub. Leaves unstalked, 

 usually spirally arranged, |-1| ^^- long but sometimes up to 3 

 in. long, tV— TO in. wide. Male flowers clustered in the leaf axils, 

 ^1 in. long. Seeds ^| in. long, about | in. wide, glaucous 

 when young, receptacle edible, deep purple with a glaucous bloom. 



Native of Australia and first collected by Alan Cunningham 

 in New South Wales m 1810. 



Podocarpus Teysmanni, Miquel (Eupodocarpus). 



A tree with scattered or spirally arranged leaves which are 

 broadly lance-shaped, 4-5 in. long and ^-| in. wide, with a pointed 

 apex. 



Native of Sumatra. 



Podocarpus thevetiifolius, Zippel (Eupodocarpus). 



A tree 30-50 ft. high, with narrowly lance-shaped leaves, which 

 are thin, leathery, and sometimes shghtly curved towards the 

 rounded or bluntly pointed apex. Seed dark green, elliptic, 

 about ^ in. long. 



Native of New Guinea. 



Podocarpus Totara, A. Cunningham (Eupodocarpus). 



The Totaea. 



A tree sometimes exceeding 100 ft. in height, with a massive, 

 symmetrical trunk 60-80 ft. in length and 6-18 ft. in diameter, 

 clear of branches. Bark dark brown, fibrous, furrowed. Leaves 

 varying in density, sometimes scattered on the shoot, at others 

 two-ranked, |— | in. long, |-^ in. wide on adult trees, 1 in. long, 

 ^-| in. wide on juveniles ; stiff, leathery, sharp-pointed, narrowing 

 at the base to a very short stalk. Male flowers axillary, stalked 

 or unstalked, sohtary or two or three together, |— f in. long. Seed 

 a sohtary, rounded nut seated on a fleshy, short-stalked, crimson 

 receptacle, the apex of the seed sometimes narrowed but not 

 pointed. 



