228 Select Plants for Industrial Culture 



Nageia (Podocarpus) elata, R. Brown. 



East-Australia to 35 S. A fine timber-tree, attaining a height 

 of about 80 feet, with a stem 2 feet in diameter. The timber is soft, 

 close-grained, free from knots, much used for joiners' work, also for 

 spars. Market price in Brisbane 3 5s. to 3 10s. per 1,000 super- 

 ficial feet (Queensland Exhibition, 1867). 



Nageia (Podocarpus) elongata, L'He"ritier. 



South-Africa. With N. Thunbergi, Erythrina Caffira (Thunberg) 

 and Ocotea bullata (Bentham), this is the tallest tree of Capeland and 

 Caffraria, although it does not advance beyond 70 feet. The yellowish 

 wood is highly valuable, deal-like, not resinous. The stems can be 

 used for top-masts and yards of ships. 



Nageia (Podocarpus) ferruginea, D. Don. 



Northern parts of New Zealand. The " Black Pine" of the 

 colonists; native name " Miro." Height reaching about 80 feet; it 

 produces a dark-red resin of a bitter taste. The wood is of a 

 reddish color, very hard; will stand exposure to sea-water. Fruit 

 solitary. 



Nageia (Podocarpus) Lamberti, Klotzsch. 



Southern Brazil. A stately tree, yielding valuable timber. 



Nageia (Podocarpus) macrophylla, D. Don. 



The "Inou-maki" of Japan. A tree attaining about 50 feet in 

 height. The nut-stalklets used for food there. The wood is white 

 and compact, employed for carpenters' and joiners' work; the bark 

 for thatching (Dupont). 



Nageia (Podocarpus) nubigena, Lindley. 



Southern Chili, generally a companion of N. Chilina, with which 

 it agrees in its dimensions and the utility of its timber. 



Nageia (Podocarpus) Purdieana, Hooker. 



Jamaica, at 2,500 to 3,500 feet. This quick -growing tree attains 

 a height of 100 feet. 



Nageia (Podocarpus) spicata, Brown. 



Black Pine or " Matai " of New Zealand. Fruit spicate. Tree 

 sometimes to 80 feet high; wood pale or reddish, soft, close and dur- 

 able; used advantageously for piles, machinery, stringers, braces, 

 mill-wrights' work, house-blocks, railway-sleepers, also weather- 

 boards and flooring-boards (Prof. Kirk). 



Nageia (Podocarpus Thunbergi, Hooker. 



J South-Africa. Superior to N. pruinosa (E. Meyer) and even N. 

 elongata in the quality of its wood; it is bright-yellow, fine-grained, 

 and very handsome when polished (Dr. Pappe). Always a smaller 

 tree than N. elongata according to Mr. Will. Tuck. 



