344 PODOCAEPTJS. 



A somewhat pyramidal bush, with fastigiate branches, found 

 along the banks of streams in New Caledonia. 



No. 33. PoDOCARPUS NUBiGiENA, Lindley, the Cloud-born 



Podocarpus. 

 Syn. Saxe-Gothsea gracilis, Ho7± 

 „ Podocarpus nubicola, MaJeoy. 



Leaves linear-lanceolate, straight or somewhat falcatCj thick, 

 flat, rigid, and attenuated at the base, with a short, stout foot- 

 stalk, and terminating in a short, acute, spiny point at the apex ; 

 from three-quarters of an inch to one inch and three-quarters 

 long, and one-eighth of an inch broad, with a single nerve 

 along the middle ; green above, and marked on the under side, 

 on each side of the rib by a broad band, more or less glaucous. 

 Fruit oblong, growing singly in the axil of the leaves, on very 

 short stalks, with the receptacle two-lobed, obovate, and un- 

 equal-sided. Seeds oblong, slightly bossed, and curved inwards 

 at the point. 



A large tree, found on the colder parts of Chili, the Andes of 

 Patagonia, in the province of Valdivia, and the Island of Chiloe, 

 where it is called "Pino." The fruit is pleasant to the taste, 

 and eatable, and is used by the natives for food. 



No. 34. Podocarpus oleifolia, Don, the Olive-leaved Podo- 

 carpus. 

 Syn. Podocarpus Chilena, Lechler. 

 Leaves lanceolate, acute, very entire, leathery, smooth on 

 both sides, one-nerved, with a sunken channel on the upper 

 surface, along the middle nerve, reflected on. the edges, and 

 tapering a little to the base ; from one to one inch and a half 

 long, and from two to three lines broad. Branches crowded, 

 smooth, and thickly furnished with leaves. Male catkins with- 

 out foot-stalks, cylindrical, solitary, and about one inch long ; 

 foot-stalks of the fruit filiform, two-lobed, smooth, about three 

 quarters of an inch long, and two-flowered, one always abortive. 

 Fruit oval, solitary, very smooth, reflected, and one-third of 

 an inch long. 



