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i-flo\vered, very short. Seeds each exceeding its carpel; the whole in an 

 outer aril resembling a drupe. 



P. NUBIGENA Lindl. 



Leaves linear-mucronate, glaucous underneath. Peduncles shorter than 

 the obliquely 2-lobed obovate receptacle. Fruits oblong, apiculate. 



With Fitzroya near Valdivia and southward in Chili and West 

 Patagonia. 



The genus has 40 species scattered over the southern hemisphere. P. 

 spicata Br. of New Zealand and P. andina Poepp. of South Chili are 

 closely allied. 



(2) Scales of female cone 4, united below to form a woody cone which is enclosed by 4 upper 

 enlarged leaves. 



3. DACRYDIUM Sol. 



The pistillate flower solitary at the top of the branches. Fruit an ovoid 

 nut in a firm rugose integument, with involucrate bracts. 



Species 12, in Malaya, Tasmania, New Zealand, Fiji, Australia ; few in 

 Africa ; the following in Chili and Patagonia. Some are tall trees. 



D. FONKI (Phil, sub Lepidothamnus] Benth. 



Dwarf; with crowded small scaly leaves, and also spreading leaves. 

 (Chilian Andes to 44 S. lat.) ; Patagonia, near Lago Argentine; 

 Wellington Island, Port Eden. (Fig. 27.) 



FIG. 27. 



Dacrydiumfonki. Branch with floral shoot ; and enlarged view of young flower, of fruiting shoot, and 

 section of fruit. (After Franchet.) 



