326 PODOCAEPUS. 



This pine was first introduced by the Marquis of Winchester, 

 but afterwards was obtained in abundance by Mr. Hartweg, who 

 found it growing on the most elevated parts of the Cerro de San 

 Juan, or Saddle Mountain, near Tepic, in Mexico, attaining a 

 height of from 60 to 80 feet. It is very distinct from any other 

 hitherto described, particularly in its very long, incurved, resin- 

 ous cones. 



It is not hardy in England. 



Gen. PODOCAKPUS. Rentier. 



Flowers, dioecious, rarely monoecious. 



Fruit, drupaceous, inverted, and adhering. 



Seeds, hard, and bony shelled. 



Leaves, either opposite, alternate, or scattered, linear or ob- 

 long, and one-nerved. 



Seed-leaves, in twos. 



Name, derived from " ttou?/' a foot, and "/capTro?," a fruit, 

 fruit foot-stalked. 



All natives of the temperate zones of Asia, Africa, and 



America. 



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Section 1. EUPODOCABPUS, Endlicher, or, the True 



PODOCARPS. 



Fruit, solitary. 



Receptacle, fleshy, connected with the bracts by the axis of 

 the short spike. 



Leaves, alternate or scattered, linear, and one-nerved. 



No. 1. Podocarpus AFFINis, Seemann, the Pvelated Podo- 



carpus. 



Leaves closely arranged all round the branchlets, oblong, or 

 oblong-lanceolate, erectly spreading, leathery, straight, taper- 

 ing and somewhat twisted at the base, with the middle nerve 



