328 PODOCARPUS. 



A kiad of which little is known, found by Mr. Bridges, in 

 Bolivia. 



No. 4. PoDOCAKPUS AEISTULATA, Parlatore, the Awn-leaved 



Podocarpus. 



Syn. Podocarpus Purdieana parvifolia, Qrisebeck 



Leaves loosely arranged all round the branchlets, spreading, 

 leathery in texture, straight, linear-lanceolate, bristle and 

 spiny pointed, narrowing and somewhat twisted at the base, 

 channelled along the middle on the upper side, revolute on 

 the edges, and from one to two inches long, and a quarter of 

 an inch broad. Male catkins solitary, cylindrical, and from 

 one-third to half an inch long. Fruit ovate-oblong, and one- 

 third of an inch long, and about half as wide. 



A small tree, found in the eastern part of the island of 

 Cuba. 



No. 5. Podocarpus bracteata, Blume, the Bracteated 

 Podocarpus. 



Leaves scattered, but sometimes in close whorls, straight, or 

 somewhat falcate, linear-lanceolate, and regularly tapering to 

 the base, flat on the edges, furnished with scales at the base, 

 slightly twisted, very acute pointed, leathery, a little glossy, 

 and from three to five inches long, and from four to six 

 lines broad on the adult trees, but from eight to nine inches 

 long and from eight to ten lines broad on the young plants. 

 Branches horizontal, cylindrical, and covered with reddish- 

 gray bark. Branchlets opposite. Male catkins collected in 

 bundles, rarely solitary, oval, and almost sessile ; females axil- 

 lary, solitary, and furnished at the base witli a bractiform in- 

 volucre ; receptacle thick. Fruit globose, half an inch long, and 

 of a violet-brown colour. 



A large tree, growing 80 feet high, with a straight stem, 

 covered with a smooth bark, and the top much branched, 

 found in the forests of Amboyna, on the volcanic mountains 



