340 PODOCARPUS. 



at the base with thin, shrivelled scales, two or three in number, 

 and more or less deciduous. Fruit unknown. 



A tree fifty or sixty feet high, found on the moimtains in the 

 Island of Borneo. 



No. 26. PoDOCAEPUS MACEOPHYLLA, Don, the Long-leaved 



Podocarpus. 



Syn. Podocarpus verticillata, Hort. 

 „ „ longifolia, Hort. 



„ Taxus macrophylla, TJmnherg. 

 „ „ longifolia, Hort. 



„ Maki-foetens, Kcumpfer. 



Leaves alternate or scattered, linear-lanceolate, or somewhat 

 oblong, flat on the edges, distant, spread out, and of a dry, 

 leathery texture, from two to four inches long, and about half 

 an inch wide, with an elevated rib on both'sides, but principally 

 on the upper one, very rarely falcate, mostly straight, of a pale, 

 shining green, and tapering to a short, round foot-stalk at the 

 base, and obtuse point at the apex, sometimes withered, or 

 furnished with a stiff", blackish point. Branches numerous, 

 mostly in whorls ; branchlets slightly angular, and rough from 

 the fallen leaves. Male catkins furnished at the base witli 

 scales; female peduncles axillary, solitary, one-fruited, and 

 furnished with two bracteas on the top. Fruit oval, smooth, 

 and about the size of a pea. 



A tree growing from forty to fifty feet high, with vertical 

 branches, and an ample head, found abundantly in Japan, and 

 much cultivated by the Japanese in their gardens. 



The Chinese names for this species are " Fon-Maki " (true 

 Maki), and " Sin-Maki " (common Maki); and those of the 

 Japanese, " Inu-Maki " (wild Maki), and « Ksa-Maki " (foetid 

 Maki). 



The timber is white, light, excellent, and free from the 

 attacks of insects. 



