Podocarpus. | PODOCARPACE (Stapf). 7 
The Downs, Eyes, 21910! by Div. ; ae ytese pal 4750 ft., 
Burtt Davy, 1194! 2313! Houseman, Col. Herb. 5249! Botha ! 
This Sd commonly known as yellow-wood or Upright hed stey or 
Co) a 
Gia, ta). Sim distinguishes 3 varieties, namely—(a) latifolia, (b) cnguaefii, 
and {0 eesrgael “Vars. latifolia and falcata are said to have green receptacles 
4 lin. in diam., with bony shel, whilst they differ 
aS eae ene in poor leaves 1-2 in. by 2-3 lin., and 2-5 in. by lin. 
respectively. Var. angustifolia on the other hand is credited with _ 
receptacles 3—4 lin. wide and seed 5 lin. in diam., with crustaceous shells a: 
leaves 1-2 in. by 1-14 lin. From the fact that the author adds that var. lati- 
ia i rm thro i 
oseoptbeeee of this speci 
moe. eee a (L’Hérit. ex Pers. Syn. ii. 580) ; a tree of varying 
dimensions, from “ small ’’ to 80 ft. high ; branchlets of the mature 
in 
14-23 in. by 2 lin., straight or coca ‘heats, abbqisly erect, 
coriaceous, glaucescent, midrib distinctly raised on the back, 
obscurely on the upper surface, with 3 5 resin-duots below the central 
very concave bracts abees 1 lin. long at the base ; scales imbricate, 
soon very loose, with an ovate to rhombic-ovate minutely denticulate 
blade rather over } lin. long ; pollen-sacs 4 lin. long ; female strobiles 
2-5 lin. lo 
unequal, the larger fertile, embracing the base o 
whale receptacle oblique at the top, 1} lin. in diam. (in t 
te); seeds subglobose, very slightly longer than wide, 4 lin. 
