336 PODOCARPUS. 



loose taper bunches on the terminal branches, accompanied by 

 scale-like leaves of various sizes. Fruit unknown. 



A small tree found in Tasmania, and on the eastern part of 

 New Holland, particularly on the Grafton Promontory. 



No. 17. Podocarpus eurhyncha, Miguel, the Well-beaked 



Podocarpus. 



Leaves alternate, elliptic-lanceolate, acute at the base, some- 

 what abruptly acuminate at the apex, and with the under side 

 pallid arid furnished with stomates, and the mid-rib very pro- 

 minent on both sides. Fruit unknown. 



A kind of which very little is known, found by Te} r smann 

 in the western part of Sumatra, at Battang and Barns, 



No. 18. Podocarpus falcata, R. Bvoivn, the Sickle-leaved 



Podocarpus. 



Syn. Taxus falcata, Thunberg. 



Leaves somewhat in two rows, linear subfalcate, acute- 

 pointed, one-nerved, alternate, mucronate, and from two to 

 four inches long, and a quarter of an inch broad. Flower 

 spikes short, axillary, abortional, and single fruited. Seeds 

 globular, tapering to the base, and without the fleshy 

 receptacle. 



A species of which little seems to be known, and said to be 

 found at the Cape of Good Hope by Professor Thunberg. 



No. 19. Podocarpus falciformis, Parlatore, the Sickle- 

 leaved Podocarpus. 



Leaves somewhat two-rowed along the branchlets, leathery 

 in texture, falcate, tapering to the points, and mucronate, 

 attenuating and rather twisted at the base, and with a promi- 

 nent nerve along the middle, and a quarter of an inch long, and 

 two lines broad. Fruit unknown. 



A shrub or small tree, with spreading branches, of which 

 little is known, found on the Poe and Mettang Mountains near 

 Sarawak in Borneo. 



