Podocarpus Andina 
or Prumnopitys elegans 
Native of Chile. 
Nat. Order: TaxacEa. Tribe: TaxINE&. 
Prumnopitys elegans, Philippi in “ Linnea,” xxx. 731 (1859) ; Veitch, 
Manual, ed. ii. 157 (1900); Podocarpus Andina, Endlicher, 
“‘Synops Conif.” 219 (1847). 
Better known as Prumnopitys elegans, was introduced in 
1860 from Valdivia, where it grows to fifty feet high. The 
foliage is dark green above and slightly silvery on the 
under side of the leaf. It is of slow growth, and is there- 
fore an excellent shrub for planting in pleasure-grounds 
and gardens where space is limited. It grows here freely 
in a compost of equal parts of peat and loam. It requires 
to be pruned occasionally to keep the plant shapely. It 
seems to be quite hardy here, and bears fruit of a purple 
colour nearly the size of a cherry, on account of which it is 
sometimes called the plum fir. It is an inhabitant of the 
mountain ranges of the Andes. This tree is not a true 
Podocarpus: referring to the fruit figured on page 155 of 
Veitch’s ‘* Manual,” and comparing that with the description of 
the fruit of Podocarpus on pages 147 and 154, the difference is 
manifest enough. 
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