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Nageia (Podocarpus) ferruginea, Don. 



Nortliern parts of New Zealand. The Black Pine of the 

 colonists; native name ''Miro." Height of tree 80 feet; it 

 produces a dark-red resin of a bitter taste : the wood is of a 

 reddish colour, very hard; will stand exposure to sea-water. 

 Fruit, solitary. 



Nageia (Podocarpus) Lamberti, Klotzsch. 



Brazil. A stately tree, yielding valuable timber. 



Nageia (Podocarpus) nubigena, Lindley. 



Southern Chili, generally a companion of IST. Chilina, with 

 which it agrees in its dimensions and the utility of its 

 timber. 



Nageia (Podocarpus) Purdieana, Hooker. 



Jamaica, at 2500 to 3500 feet. This quick-growing tree 

 attains a height of 100 feet. 



Nageia (Podocarpus) spicata, Brown. 



Black Pine or Matai of New Zealand. Fruit spicate. Tree 

 80 feet high; wood pale, soft, close and durable; used advan- 

 tageously for piles, machinery, stringers, braces, mill-wright's 

 work, house-blocks, railway-sleepers, also weather-boards, 

 flooring-boards. (Kirk.) 



Nageia (Podocarpus) Thunbergi, Hooker. 



South Africa. Superior in the quality of its wood to N. 

 pruinosa, E. Meyer, and even N. elongata ; it is bright- 

 yellow, fine-grained and very handsome when polished 

 (Dr. Pappe). 



Nageia (Podocarpus) Totara, Don.* 



New Zealand. A fine tree, 120 feet high, with a stem of 

 twenty feet in circumference; it is called Mahogany Pine by 

 the colonists. The reddish close-grained and durable wood 

 is valuable both for building and for furniture, and is also 

 extensively used for telegraph-posts; it is considered the 

 most valuable timber of New Zealand, Used for piles of 

 bridges, wharves and jetties, and in other naval architecture; 

 the heart-wood resists for a long time decay, and the 

 attacks of the Teredo, according to Mr. Thos. Kirk. It 

 ranks below Kauri in strength, but equals it in durability. 

 It is one of the most lasting woods for railway- sleepers. 

 When used for piles, the bark should not be removed from 

 the timber. — Many other tall timber-trees of the genus 

 Podocarpus or Nageia occur in various parts of Asia, Africa 

 and America, doubtless all desirable, but the quality of their 

 timber is not well known, though likely in many cases ex- 

 cellent. Nageia is by far the oldest published name of the 

 genus. 



