58 A HANDBOOK OF CONIFERS 



in mountain meadows and in virgin forest at elevations of 2,500 

 to over 6,000 ft. 



Timber yellowish in colour, clean, easily worked, and useful 

 for general carpentry and joiners' work. 



Fl. Trop. Africa, vi, sect. 2, pt. 2, 341 (1917). 



Podocarpus ustus, Brongniart and Gris (Microcarpus). 



A bush with dense branches divided into very fine cypress- 

 like branchlets. Leaves scale-like, densely overlapping. Seeds 

 round, very small, about | in. diameter, glaucous, on short leafy 

 stalks. 



Native of New Caledonia, but apparently very rare. Compton ^ 

 only found it on one occasion, and then in very small quantity. 



Podocarpus Vieillardii, Parlatore (Dacrycarpus). 



Dacrydium elatum compact um, Carriere ; D. tenuifolia, Parlatore. 



A tree 40-50 ft. high, with a narrow head of branches. Leaves 

 variable, of two distinct types, the juvenile type flat, soft, ^-^ 

 in. long, pointed, arranged in a single row on each side of the 

 shoot ; the adult type uj-l in. long, spirally arranged, overlapping, 

 the points curving inwards, the foliage looser and more glaucous 

 than in P. dacrydioides, which it resembles m foliage. Seed oval 

 or rounded with a pointed apex. 



Compton, loc. cit. p. 425. 



Podocarpus vitiensis, Seeman. 



A tree 50-80 ft. high, remarkable for the uniform arrangement 

 of the opposite leaves, which give the shoot a flattened character. 

 Leaves symmetrical, narrowly lance-shaped, up to 1| in. long, 

 |— I in. wide at the base, gradually narrowing to a terminal point, 

 the base clasping the branchlet. Seed up to an inch long, the 

 outer coat magenta-coloured, covered by a waxy bloom. Seed 

 without the covering, |-f in. long, terminated by a sharp and 

 sometimes curved point. 



Native of Fiji, occurring in mixed forests. 



Podocarpus Wallichianus, C. Presl. (Nageia). 



Poclocarpus latifolia, Wallich [not R. Brown] ; P. pinnata, Hort. ; 

 Nageia latifolia, Gordon ; N. Wallichiana, O. Kuntze. 



An Indian tree remarkable for its large foHage. Leaves 

 opposite or sub-opposite, 3|-7| in. long, \\-2\ in. wide, ovate, 

 narrowing at the apex to a long, fine point, and at the base to a 

 short, flat stalk. Male flowers branched, on stalks \ in. long. 

 Seed round, \ to nearly 1 in. across, borne on a slightly swollen 

 receptacle, surmounting a stalk ^-| in. long. 



Widely distributed in Khasia, Assam, and Burma. 



^Journ. Linn. Soc. XIV, 425 (1922). 



