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PODOCARPITES 



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describes as Podocarpus prae-cupressina foliage-shoots and a very 

 imperfectly preserved seed from Eocene rocks in New South Waies : 

 the same author records Podocarpus Parkeri 1 , a doubtful species, 

 from New Zealand. 



Podocarpites Campbelli Gardner. 



Shoots bearing leaves similar to those of P. eocaenica are 

 described by Gardner from the Eocene plant-beds in the basalts 



FIG. 795. Podocarpites Campbelli. (After Gardner; nat. size.) 



of Mull as Podocarpus Campbelli' 2 (fig. 795). The linear acuminate 

 straight or slightly curved leaves with a contracted decurrent base 

 are about 7 cm. long and possess a well-defined midrib. Gardner 

 states that the late Prof. Oliver regarded the fossils as the branches 

 of some Podocarp; they are compared with Podocarpus falcata of 

 the Cape and Tropical Africa and with the South African species 

 P. Thunbergii. 



1 Ettingshausen (87) PI. i. figs. 1214. 



2 Gardner (86) p. 97, PI. xxvi. 



