196 
ORDER 129. MY RICE. 
THe Gate Trise. Lind. nat. syst. p. 100. 
650. NAGEIA, Gaert. Dioecia Pentandria. 
The Japanese name of one of the species, altered. Gaert. I. ¢. 39. 
1391. N. Purranyiva. Rox. Flora. Ind. 3. p. 766. Pongolam. Rheed. 
Mal. 7. t. 59. Ainslie. Mat. Ind. 2, p. 322, 
A very elegant tree, with dark green, alternate, lanceolate, oblong, ser- 
tulate leaves: flowers very small, yellowish white, appear in March and 
April,—Drupe obovate, size of a gooseberry. 
In an old garden at the top of the steps leading to Malabar hill, Bombay. 
In the ravines at Nagotnah and Kandalla-—Kennery Jungles, Salsette. 
In the Jungles to the north and east of Belgaum. (Mr. Law.) Common along 
the foot of the Himalayas. (Dr. Royle.) Concans. N. 
Rheede ascribes great virtues to it, such as driving away colds, fevers &c. 
It is well worthy of a place in Gardens as an ornamental tree. 
651. CASUARINA, L. Monoecia Monandria. 
Name taken from Rumphius, who probably gave it in allusion to the 
resemblance the foliage bears to the plumage of the Cassowary. Lam. t. 746. 
1392. C. Muricata. Rox. Flora. 3. p. 519. 
The Cassarina tree;—Tinian Pine now pretty common about Bombay. It 
grows very rapidly, assuming a graceful appearance, and bearing a consi- 
derable resemblance to some of the Fir tribe. 
C. Equisetifolia is figured in Rumph. Amb, 3. ¢. 57. Martin in illustrating 
Paradise Lost with plates, seems to have had it in view:—or perhaps fancy 
led him to figure something unlike the usual forms of vegetation; as his 
landscapes are by no means happy, or in accordance with appearances in 
this nether world. 
ORDER 130. CONIFER. 
Tue Fir TriBe. Lind. Nat. syst. p. 247. 
652. PODOCARPUS. v. Her. Monoecia Monadelphia. 
From pous—the foot—karpos—fruit; in allusion to the stalk of the fruit: 
1393. P. ELoncatus? Sprengel’s syst.3. p. 889, Taxus elongata: Thun- 
berg. 
A tall erect growing shrub, with subverticelled branches and linear lan- 
ceolate leaves.—Parell garden, probably introduced from the Cape of Good 
- Hope, where it is indigenous. The branches are remarkably tough. 
653. CUPRESSUS. t. Monoecia Monadelphia. 
Named from the Isle of Cyprus where the tree grows abundantly. Lam. ¢. 
727. Tourn. t, 358. Gaert. 2. t. 91. Or perhaps from the fable of Cyparissus 
who was changed into a Cypress tree, after killing a favorite stag of 
Apollo’s, 
‘* Apollo sad look’d on and sighing ecry’d, 
Then be for ever what thy prayer imply’d: 
Bemoan’d by me, in others grief excite; 
And still preside at every fun’ral rite.” 
Ovid’s Meta. Book 10. 
C. Glauca. Sprengel’s syst. “3. ‘p. 889. C.-lusitanica. Willd. Spec. 4. p. 
511, C. pendula. Persoon’s Synop, 2, p, 580: L, Herit, Stirp. ¢, 8, 
Lambert, Pin, ¢ 42, 3 yo be Os 
