154 PRUMNOPITYS. 



Podocarpus Totara, Don in Lambert's Genus Finns, ed. II. Vol. II. App, 189 

 excl. syns. (1832). Hooker W. in Lond. Journ. Bot. I. 572, t. 19. Endlicher, Synops. 

 Conif. 212. Carriere, Traite Conif. ed. II. 652. Parlatore, D. C. Prodr. XVI, 514. 

 Hooker til, Handb. N. Zeal. Fl. 258. Gordon, Pinet. ed. II. 350. Kirk, Forest 

 Fl. X. Zeal. 227, t. 115. Masters in Journ. R. Hort. Soc. XIV. 243. 



N. Zeal, vernacular, Totara. 



The following account of the Totara is taken from Kirk's "Forest 

 Flora of New Zealand " : 



"With the exception of the Kauri, Ayathis australis, the Totara affords 

 the most valuable timber in New Zealand, but unlike the Kauri it 

 is found almost throughout the colony. It sometimes forms large 

 groves and even forests, but it is usually mixed with other trees. 

 The wood is of a deep red colour, varying considerably in depth of 

 tint ; it is straight in the grain, compact and of great durability ; it 

 does not warp or twist, and is easily worked ; it is an excellent 

 timber for general building purposes; it is of great value for bridges, 

 wharves and constructive works where large spans are not required, 

 also for railway ties, telegraph posts, palings and shingles, and for 

 marine piles it is invaluable on account of its great power in resisting 

 the attacks of the teredo." 



The Totara was introduced into British gardens many years ago ; 

 a tree in the Temperate House in the Eoyal Gardens at Kevv is 

 over 35 feet high with a trunk somewhat slender in proportion to 

 li eight. In the open ground it grows slowly, and unless planted 

 in a warm sheltered spot, it is liable to be killed by winter frosts. 



PRUMNOPITYS. 



Philippi in Linna?a, XXX. 731 (185960). Carriere, Traite Conif. ed. II. 682 (1867). 

 Stachycarpus, Masters in Jonrn. Linn. Soc. XXX. 9 (1893). Podocarpus, sect. Stachycarpus, 



-l-l IT 1 n /~\ *(^-<(->/-rti^-\ 11 Al -ITT -i ^ VM . " *- 



Endlicher, Synops. Conif. 218 (1847). 



Fig. 53. Prumnopitys <-Jr<i<i>i8. Branchleta with 

 staminate flowers. Communicated by the Earl 

 of Ducie, from Tortworth Court. 



Bentham and Hooker, Gen. Plant. III. 435. 



In all the true Podocarps the 

 peduncle and ovule-bearing scale 

 of the seminiferous flowers become 

 fleshy when the fruit is mature, 

 forming the receptaculum of many 

 botanists, a characteristic on which 

 much stress has been placed as 

 it chiefly distinguishes Podocarpus 

 from the allied genera. In two 

 of the species included by most 

 authors in Podocarpus, and pro- 

 bably in others not yet sufficiently 

 known, the peduncle and fruit- 

 scale do not become fleshy ; in 

 Podocarpus andinus ( Poppig ), 

 inhabiting southern Chile, 041 which 

 Professor Philippi of Santiago 



