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reflexa, basi acuta, brevissim^ petiolata. Amenta mascula, numerosa, gemina v. terna, sessilia, pollicem 

 longa, crassitie 2-Iinearia, erecta, obtusa, cylindracea, basi squairas num^osis subrotundis meinbranaceis 

 margine scarlosis imbricate tecta. Anthem creberrimae, cuneato-subrotundK!, turgidae, medio constricts, 

 subtus duplici rimA hiantes, apice appendice minutii membranaced lacerata coronatac. Dntpa ovoidea;, 

 albicatitos, pedunculo brevi cylindraceo suffultie, ceniute, solitarise, JSpat/ia campanulata, dimidii 

 pedunculi longitudine, bmbo obliquo, integro. 



This plant was first known to me tlirough a living plant imported by the late Mr. Evans of Stepney, from 

 Prince of Wales's Island, where it is known by the name of Wax Dammer. I have received numerous 

 specimens of the same plant from Nepal, through the kindness of Dr. Wallich, who rightly determined it to 

 be the Lignum Emanum of Kumphius ; but it is very distinct from the Taxus macrophjUa of Thunberg, which 

 he considered as the same species. Dr. Wallich informs me that the fruit of this tree is regarded as perfectly 

 wholesome by the natives of Nepal. It is readily increased by cuttings; and there are now several young 

 plants in our collections, raised from cuttings t.tken from a living plant, which Mr. Evans received ivith many 

 others from Prince of Wales's Island. It is usually treated as a hot-house plant; but I am inclined to think 

 it would be found to succeed best in the green-house. 



PODOCARPUS MACROPHYIiLA. 



LONG-LEAVED POpOCARPUS. 



PoDOCARPUS MACROPHYLLA, foliis litieari-lanceolatis elongatis obtusis margine planis, amentis masculis qui- 



nis folio tripl6 brevioribus. 



Taxus macrophylla. Thunb. Japon^ p^ 276, 



Sin, vulgd Maki seu Fon Maki. Kcempf. Am, Exot, V, p. 780. ejusd. Icon. t. 24. 



Habitat in Japoniae imperio copies^, praesertim ad urbem Nagasacki. 



DESCRIPTIO. 



Arbor magna, frondosa, ramosissima. Truncus crassus, cortice cinereo-fusco vestitus, JRami conferti assur- 



gentes, supern^ foliosi, infern^ de lapsu foliorum nodosi, Folia alterna, lineari-Ianceolata, obtusa, coriacea, 



glabra, stricla, supri viridia, subtus pallidiora, utrinque costa validd convex^, margine plana, basi in petiolo 



■ l»evi attenuata, 2 v. 3 polUces longa, 3 lineas lata v. sjep^ ultra. Amenta plura (4-5), axillaria, 



