THE P0D0CARPS. 



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Introduced by us in 1860 through our collector, Richard Pearse. 

 Prumnopitys elegans has proved moderately hardy in Great Britain. It 

 grows fairly in good soils, in sheltered situations, where it assumes the 

 form of a dense shrub, of pyramidal or columnar outline. 



VII.— PODOCARPUS. (L'Edritier). 

 The genus Podocarpus includes an unknown number of species, 

 which, under considerable diversity of form and aspect, are met 

 with in almost every part of the torrid zone, the extra tropical 

 regions of Australia, New Zealand, and the South Sea Islands, 

 China, Japan, &c. They are all trees or shrubs more or less dis- 

 tinguished by their leathery deep green leaves, which in most of 

 the species are linear, with a prominent middle nerve, and not 

 unfrequently from 6 to 9 inches long, and by their plum-like fruit 

 enclosing a single kernel or seed. 



Only three or four species are sufficiently hardy for cultivation in 

 this country, and these require warm and sheltered spots. Other species 

 are noteworthy for their great value as timber producing trees in their 

 native countries, as the Totara Pine of New Zealand, the Podocarpus 

 cupressinus of Java, &c. 



Podocarpus from mov<;, W0S05- (pous, podos) "a, foot," and xapwos 

 (karpos) " fruit ; " the berries or fruit of the Podocarps have foot- 

 stalks. 



Scientific Name. 



PODOCARPUS 



alpInus (Brown) 



CHlliNUS 



(Richard) 



chinensis 



( WalliA) 



MACEOPHYLLTJS 



(Dm, 

 Nageia (Brown) 



NUBJtGENUS 



(Drndley) 



TOTAKA 



(Don) 



Synonyms. 



Podocarpus salignus 



(Don) 



Taxus chinensis 



(Roxburgh) 



,, macrophylla 



(Thunberg) 



Nageia japonica 



(Gaertner) 



Podocarpus niMcolus 



(Makoy) 



Popular Name. 



The Alpine 



Podocarp 



The Chilian 



Podocarp 



The Chinese 



Podoearp 



The long-leaved 

 Podoearp 



The Japanese 



Laurel 



The Totara Pine 



Habitat. 



Victoria and 



Tasmania 



Chili ... 



China ... 



Japan . . . 



Japan ... 



Chili and 



Patagonia 



New Zealand ... 



Height 



in 



Feet. 



10 to 12 

 40 — 60 



40 — 50 

 Variable 



60 — 80 



