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Podocarpus alpinus. — A shrub of spreading habit, with slender 

 procumbent branches and foliage much resembling that of the 

 Totara Pine. The leaves are linear, about half an inch long, pungent, 

 and marked with a prominent rib on the under side. 



Habitat. — Mounts Wellington and Marlborough in Tasmania, at from 

 3,000 to 4,000 feet elevation. Also on the Australian Alps in Victoria. 



Podocarpus chilinus. — A medium-sized tree from 40 to 60 feet 

 high, well furnished with branches and foliage. The leaves are 

 from 2 to 3 inches long, distant, tapering at both ends, quite 

 smooth, deep glossy green above and paler beneath ; they are 

 spirally arranged on slender branchlets, and (in England) appear 

 to be persistent two seasons, falling off in the third, leaving a 

 scar on the bark of the mature wood. 



Habitat. — The Andes of Chili and Peru, very abundant in the 

 former country. 



Introduced into Europe in 1853.* 



Podocarpus macrophyllus. — A tree from 25 to 40 feet high, 

 affording useful timber. In England, in sheltered spots, it is a 

 beautiful and distinct evergreen shrub, with numerous branches 

 clothed with rather pale green leaves 4 inches long and quarter 

 of an inch broad, tapering at the base and obtusely pointed at the 

 apex, but every branch also having leaves acutely pointed, the points 

 having a withered appearance. The nerve along the middle is 

 raised on both sides of the leaf, the margin slightly raised on 

 the under side only. 



Habitat. — Japan, in the neighbourhood of Tedo and Nagasaki. 



Introduced in 1804. t 



Podocarpus nubigenus, — A remarkable tree of considerable size, 

 clothed with deep green foliage. The leaves are thick, rigid, 

 leathery in texture, from 1 inch to 1£ inch long, and one-eighth of 

 an inch broad, and marked on the under side on each side of the 

 rib with a more or less glaucous band. The fruit is oblong, and 

 on shorter footstalks than in most Podocarps. 



Habitat. — Valdivia and Ohiloe in Chili, and the Andes of north 

 Patagonia. 



Introduced by us in 1849, through our collector, William Lobb. 

 * Carriere, Tr. Gen. des Con., p. 650. + Loudon, Arb. et Frut., p. 2100. 



