Krrx.—On the New Zealand Species of Phyllocladus. 881 
on short peduncles which occupy their place and are confined to the lower 
part of the rachis. The nuts are arranged in slightly interrupted spirals. 
The young leaves disappear about the second or third year. The mature 
plant bears some resemblance to the ginko, Salisburia adiantifolia. 
Phyllocladus trichomanoides. 
Don in Lamb. Pin., ed. 2, App.; Rich., Con., p. 129, t. 3; A. Cunn., Prodr.; Hook., 
Ic. Plant., t. 549, 550, 551; Endl., Conif., p. 225; Hook. fil., Fl. N.Z., I., 285— 
Handbook, p. 952; Carr., Conif., p. 449; Gord., Pin., p. 142; Parl. in DC. 
Prodromus, XVI., pt. II., p. 498. 
P. rhomboidalis, A. Rich., Fl. Nov. Zel., p. 363. (not of C. L. Rich.) 
A monecious tree 60 feet high or more, trunk 2-8 feet in diameter, 
branches whorled, branchlets slender; young leaves linear, crowded, scale 
leaves acuminate, rachides 1-3 in. long, whorled, cladodia distichous, coria- 
ceous, lobed or toothed, lobes truncate, erose. Fl.: male—amenta in 
terminal fasciculi of from 5 to 10, shortly pedicelled, scales acuminate ; 
female—amenta solitary on the margin of cladodia, which are often reduced 
to mere peduncles, one-flowered, cup fleshy, nut much compressed. 
Hab. North Island. Frequent in forests from the North Cape to Lake 
Taupo ; less frequent southwards. 
South Island: Mr. Travers informs me that this species occurs in the 
Maitai Valley, Nelson, where it attains the height of forty feet. I have not 
seen South Island specimens. : 
This species ranges from the sea-level to 2,500 feet. 
It is the tanekaha of the northern natives, and, according to Colenso, 
the toa-toa of the natives south of the Thames. 
It is easily distinguished by its slender twiggy branches and single seeded 
fruit. It is the loftiest of all the celery pines, in some cases attaining the 
height of seventy feet, and affording a timber of great strength and durability, 
capable of being worked with the greatest ease. The bark is valued for 
tanning and yields a black dye which has long been utilized by the natives. 
The young leaves disappear the second year, and their transition to 
cladodia is somewhat abrupt ; from the axils of the uppermost leaves pinnate 
or pinnatifid leaf-like organs are produced, the first two or three being about 
an inch in length with the lateral segments deeply laciniate or pinnatifid, 
but immediately above these others of larger dimensions are quickly pro- 
duced, three to four inches in length, with the lateral segments acute and 
deeply laciniated, membranous, and glaucous beneath. These gradually 
pass into cladodia, which do not become coriaceous until the plant developes 
its second or third whorl of branches. 
In an account of the building timbers of Otago,* Mr. Blair states that 
* Trans. N.Z. Inst., IX., p. 163. 
