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PODOCARPINEAE 



[CH. 



a fleshy base as in certain existing species, but the details are too 

 indistinct to afford any proof of affinity to Podo- 

 carpus. Gardner also describes a globose wrinkled 

 seed, 16 mm. in diameter, as ? Podocarpus argillae- 

 londinensis 1 from the London Clay which bears 

 a close resemblance to the seeds of Podocarpus 

 elata. The specimens from Eocene beds in the 

 Island of Mull described by Gardner 2 as Podo- Fm 793 

 carpus borealis, consisting of small falcate leaves 

 and seed-like bodies, are too imperfect to be 

 determined with accuracy. Fig. 794, C, C' repre- 

 sents a type from Bournemouth described as 

 Podocarpus incerla which differs from other species 

 in the absence of a definite midrib ; the linear-lanceolate coriaceous 

 leaves, reaching a length of 3 cm., are decurrent and appear to have 

 several parallel veins, a feature characteristic of the section Nageia : 



Podocar- 

 pites elegans. Sup- 

 posed fertile shoot. 

 (Specimen in the 

 British Museum 

 figured by Gard- 

 ner.) 



A CO' 



FIG. 794. A, B, Sequoiites Tournali (see p. 353). C, C', Podocarpites inccrta. (From 

 specimens in the British Museum described by J. Starkie Gardner; A, B, V. 524; 

 C, V. 522; nat. size.) 



it is, however, doubtful whether this species should be included in 

 a genus implying affinity to Podocarpus. Some leaves figured by 

 Schmalhausen 3 from Oligocene strata in Russia as species of 

 Podocarpus are too imperfect to afford any trustworthy evidence 

 as to the occurrence of the genus Podocarpites. Ettingshausen 4 



1 Gardner (86) p. 52, PI. ix. figs. 35, 36. 2 Ibid. (87) A. PI. xm. figs. 311. 



3 Schmalhausen (83 2 ) PL xxxn. 4 Ettingshausen (86) PI. vm. figs. 2527. 



