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Nag-eia (Podocarpus) elong-ata, L'Heritier. 



South- Africa. With N. Thunbergi, Erythrina Caft'ra (Thunberg) 

 and Ocotea bullata (Bentham), one of the tallest trees of Capeland 

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

 yellowish wood is highly valuable, deal-like, but closer and tougher, 

 and not resinous. The stems can be used for top-masts and 

 yards of ships. 



Nag-eia (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 ; the strongest among those of New Zealand 

 conifers ; will stand exposure to sea-water ; not durable when in 

 contact with the ground [Kirk, Forest-Flora of New Zealand]. 

 Fruit solitary. 



Nag-eia (Podocarpus) Lamberti, Klotzsch. 



Ecuador to Brazil up to 10,000 feet. A stately tree, yielding 

 valuable timber, specially praised by Prof. Sodiro, of Quito. 



Nag-eia (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]. 



Nag-eia (Podocarpus) nubigrena, Lindiey. 



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

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



Nag-eia (Podocarpus) Purdieana, Hooker. 



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

 a height of 100 feet. 



Nag-eia (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 

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

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

 boards and flooring-boards. Mr. Buchanan gives an account of a 

 Matai, which was found prostrate in the forest and over which 

 three Griselinia-trees had grown, enfolding it in their roots ; 011 

 felling these trees it was found that they were over 300 years old, 

 but the Matai-wood was perfectly sound [Kirk, Forest-Flora of 

 New Zealand]. 



