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No. 7. Dacrydium Kirkii, Mueller, Mr. Kirk's Dacrydium. 



Leaves on the sterile branchlets somewhat long, linear-elon- 

 gated, obtuse at the points, and spreading; while those on the 

 fertile ones are curved, regularly imbricated, rhomboid, small, 

 obtuse, and rather compressed. Fruit small, oval, somewhat 

 compressed and lateral. 



This kind forms a bush or small tree, very nearly related to 

 Dacrydium Colensoi, found in New Zealand by Mr. Thomas 

 Kirke. 



No. 8. Dacrydium laxifolium, Hooker, the Loose-leaved 



Dacrydium. 



Leaves linear-obtuse, leathery, convex, and channelled on 

 the upper surface, tapering to the base, but not decurrent, the 

 lower ones loosely spreading, flaccid, and seldom exceeding- 

 two lines in length, while those on the upper branches and 

 branchlets are oval, imbricated, much shorter, and keeled on 

 the back. Branches loosely pendent or prostrate. Branch- 

 lets very slender and graceful. Fruit terminal on the ends of 

 the branchlets, solitary, and erect. 



A dwarf little shrub, not growing more than three feet high, 

 but creeping along the ground, and very much resembling the 

 common crowberry (Empetrum nigrum). It is found on the 

 mountains of Nelson, at an elevation of from 6000 to 7000 

 feet, and on Mount Tongoriro, in New Zealand. The native 

 name is " Rimu." 



It is tolerably hardy in the west of England. 



No. 9. Dacrydium taxoides, Brongniart, the Yew-like 



Dacrydium. 

 Syn. Podocarpus taxodioides, Carriere. 

 Leaves alternate, closely placed, falcate, obtuse at the ends, 

 ittenuated and twisted at the base, from half to three quarters 

 )f an inch long, and one line and a quarter broad, with the 

 nid-ribs on the upper and under surfaces prominent. 



A conical shrub, with subverticillate branches, which have 

 i purplish tint when young, found on the wooded mountains 

 iiear Balade, in New Caledonia, 



