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No, 31. PODOCARPUS NERiiFOLiA, R. Brown, the Nerium- 

 leaved Podocarpus. 



Syn. Podocarpus macrophylla, Wallich, not Bon. 



Leaves alternate, but mostly very closely placed on the 

 branchlets, erect or spreading, lanceolate, and acute-pointed, 

 frequently reflected on the under side, and regularly attenuated 

 to the base with a stout petiole, very thick, flat, and leathery 

 from three to six inches long, and from a quarter to three- 

 quarters of an inch broad, of a bright green on the upper 

 surface, but much paler below, and traversed along the middle 

 by a very elevated rib, almost acute on the upper side, but less 

 elevated and more enlarged on the under one. Branches in 

 whorls, slender, and provided with bracts at the base. Male 

 catkins long, axillary, and solitary ; females on axillary, one- 

 flowered peduncles, longer than the receptacles; receptacle 

 oblong, and obliquely lobed. Fruit eatable, with a sweetish 

 taste. 



A large tree, found in Nepal, Sikkim, Sincapore, and Penang, 

 gi'owing forty feet high, with horizontal branches in whorls. 



ThLs tree is called " Goonsi," in Nepal, and affords an article 

 of food ; the peduncles of the fruit, not the fruit itselfj are 

 edible. 



It is not hardy. 



No. 32. Podocarpus Nov^-Caledonle, Vieillard, the New 

 Caledonia Podocarpus. 



Syn. Podocarpus rivularis, Pancher. 



Leaves linear-lanceolate, straight or slightly curved, per- 

 ceptibly narrowing to the base, acute, but not spiny-pointed, 

 revolute on the margins, and marked on both sides with a 

 longitudinal nerve, and from one and three-quarters to three 

 inches long, and one line and a half broad. Male catkins in 

 twos, axillary, and nearly sessile. Fruit oval, smooth, shining, 

 and one-third of an inch long, and one line and a half broad. 



