332 PODOCAEPUS. 



sometimes opposite, or in wliorls, frequently slender, and naked 

 on the greater part of the larger ones, and tuberculated by the 

 fallen leaves. Fruit globose, solitary, axillary, and very small, 

 on short foot-stalks, vi^ith a fleshy receptacle, thickened, and 

 sloping to the top. Seeds oval, or oblong, slightly curved, and 

 terminating on the top in a short blunt point. 



A small tree, from 40 to 50 feet liigh, found on the Antilles, 

 the island of Montserrat, and on the Blue Mountains of Ja- 

 maica, where it is called " Yacca." 



It is not hardy. 



No. 9. PODOCAKPUS COEEUGATA, Oordon, the Con-ugated- 

 leaved Podocarpus. 



Leaves very narrow, linear-lanceolate, acute-pointed, straight, 

 and tapering much to the base ; from three to four inches long, 

 and two lines wide, with an uneven or corrugated surface above, 

 and minutely streaked or irregularly marked with small bright 

 green stripes, on a yellow ground colour, all over both faces, 

 and furnished with an elevated rib along the middle of each 

 leaf, both above and below. 



A large evergreen bush or small tree, with delicately varie- 

 gated foliage, much cultivated in the Japanese gardens about 

 Yeddo, and sent from thence to Mr. Standish, of the Eoyal 

 Nursery at Bagshot, by Mr. Fortune, in 1861. 



No. 10. Podocarpus curvifolia, Carriere, the Curved- 

 leaved Podocarpus. 



Syn. Podocarpus Antarctica, Van Houtte. 

 „ „ Humboldtii, Hort. 



Leaves ovate-oblong, alternate, thick, leathery, smooth, shining, 

 stiff, revolute, and closely placed along the shoots ; from two 

 to five inches long, slightly concave on the back near the mar- 

 gins, flat on the upper surface, a little reflected on the edges, 

 and with a projecting rib along the middle, on both faces, 



