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Nageia.] CONIFERE. 501 
like narrowed at the base; male catkins axillary, solitary or more 
usually several together and sessile, each catkin involucred at the 
base, the bracts of the involucre broadly ovate, keeled, acute ; 
female peduncles axillary, 1-flowered; fruits globular, the size of 
a large pea, resting on the thick, fleshy, oblong receptacle. 
Has.—Not unfrequent in the tropical forests and ascending into the damp 
hill forests, from Martaban and Tenasserim to the Andamans, up to 3,000 ft. 
elevation.—s. 
EMARKS.—Wood pale brown, rather heavy, close-grained. O'—50 pd. May 
prove a substitute for box-wood. Good for planks, oars and masts of boats. 
CYCADEM. 
