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where only a few degrees of frost are experienced, or in the moist 

 mountain-forests [T. R. Sim] . The stems can be used for top-masts 

 and yards of ships. 



Nageia ferruginea, F. v. Mueller. (Podocarpus fsrruginea, G. Bennett.) 



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

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

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

 colour, 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. 



Nageia Japonica, Gaertner. 



Japan. A tree, attaining a height of 90 feet. As it occurs as far 

 north as Nangasaki, in lat. 32 43', it must be able to bear some 

 frost. Casimir de Candolle (Prodromus xvii., 32A) alludes to the 

 genus Nageia, implying its validity. 



Nageia Lamberti, F. v. Mueller. (Podocarpus Lamberti, Klotzsch.) 



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

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



Nageia macrophylla, F. v. Mueller. (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 nubigena, F. v. Mueller. (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 Purdieana, F. v. Mueller. (Podocarpus Purdieana, Hooker. ) 



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

 a height of 100 feet. 



Nageia spicata, F. v. Mueller. (Podocarpus spicata, R. 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 ; on 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"]. 



