344 PODOCARPUS. 



A somewhat pyramidal bush, with fastigiate branches, found 

 along the banks of streams in New Caledonia. 



No. 33. Podocarpus nubioena, Lindley, the Cloud-born 



Podocarpus. 



Syn. Saxe-Gothsea gracilis, Hart. 

 Podocarpus nubicola, MaJcoy. 



Leaves linear-lanceolate, straight or somewhat falcate, thick, 

 flat, rigid, and attenuated at the base, with a short, stout foot- 

 stalk, and terminating in a short, acute, spiny point at the apex ; 

 from three-quarters of an inch to one inch and three-quarters 

 long, and one-eighth of an inch broad, with a single nerve 

 along the middle ; green above, and marked on the under side, 

 on each side of the rib by a broad band, more or less glaucous. 

 Fruit oblong, growing singly in the axil of the leaves, on very 

 short stalks, with the receptacle two-lobed, obovate, and un- 

 equal-sided. Seeds oblong, slightly bossed, and curved inwards 

 at the point. 



A large tree, found on the colder parts of Chili, the Andes of 

 Patagonia, in the province of Valdivia, and the Island of Chiloe, 

 where it is palled " Pino." The fruit is pleasant to the taste, 

 and eatable, and is used by the natives for food. 



No. 34. Podocarpus oleifolia, Don, the Olive-leaved Podo- 

 carpus. 

 Syn. Podocarpus Chilena, Lechler. 

 Leaves lanceolate, acute, very entire, leathery, smooth on 

 both sides, one-nerved, with a sunken channel on the upper 

 surface, along the middle nerve, reflected on the edges, and 

 tapering a little to the base ; from one to one inch and a half 

 long, and from two to three lines broad. Branches crowded, 

 smooth, and thickly furnished with leaves. Male catkins with- 

 out foot-stalks, cylindrical, solitary, and about one inch long ; 

 foot-stalks of the fruit filiform, two-lobed, smooth, about three 

 quarters of an inch long, and two-flowered, one always abortive. 

 Fruit oval, solitary, very smooth, reflected, and one-third of 

 an inch long. 





