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prominent, and from one inch and a quarter to one and a half 

 lono- and one-third of an inch broad. 



A kind of which little is known ; found on the Viti and 

 Fiji Islands, by Dr. Seemann. 



No. 2. Podocarpus AMARA, Blame, the Bitter- fruited Podo- 



carpus. 

 Syn. Podocarpus Dulcamara, Seemann. 



Leaves alternate, or frequently opposite, somewhat in two 

 rows, smooth on the margins, linear-lanceolate, closely set along 

 the shoots, and tapering to a long point ; from two to four 

 inches long, and three-quarters of an inch broad, with a promi- 

 nent rib on the under side, and channelled above ; green on 

 both sides, on short foot-stalks, slightly undulated and flexible. 

 Branches in whorls, very spreading and slender; lateral ones 

 somewhat in whorls, and swelled round the base. Buds small, 

 somewhat globular, and covered with scales. Male flowers in 

 axillary bundles, of from three to five, on short stout peduncles, 

 from half to one inch in leno-th, and naked at the base. Fruit 

 globose, three-quarters of an inch long, and of a dark violet 

 colour. 



A tall tree, growing 200 feet high, with a spreading head, 

 found on the highest parts of the volcanic mountains of Salak, 

 Gede, &c, on the western part of the Island of Java, where 

 the people call it " Kimerak." 



It is very tender. 



No. 3. Podocarpus angusttfolia, Parlatore, the Narrow- 

 leaved Podocarpus. 



Leaves crowded all round the branchlets, spreading, some- 

 what rigid, straight, very narrow, linear, acute, and spiny- 

 pointed, tapering, and somewhat twisted at the base ; marked 

 with a furrow along the middle on the upper side, flat on the 

 edges, and two inches long, and one line broad. Male catkins 

 four or five in a fascicle at the end of an axillary pedun- 

 cle one-third of an inch lono-. Fruit unknown. 



