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is difficult to surpass. In poor soil however like Dacn iiu,ii elatiau, 

 it is apt to throw up long erect branches, and these rather bare of 

 leaves which gives it a weedy habit, which may be improved bv 

 judicious pruning. 



There are a number of the yew like Podocarpi in the Malay 

 Peninsula which form a very difficult group to separate, as they are 

 apt to vary a good deal in leaf-form and it is comparatively seldom 

 that one can obtain flowers, or fruit. Among these the commonest 

 is apparently the plant described as Podocarpus Polystachya, R. Br. 

 by PARLATORE in Decandolle's Prodromus, XVI, 515. This is a 

 very common tree in Mangrove swamps near the sea. It forms a 

 rather short tree usually but sometimes attains a considerable size. 

 It is known as Sentada or S'tada, by the Malays and the timber is 

 valued for axles of carts and other purposes. The tree is a native of 

 all parts of the Coast of the Peninsula and Sumatra and Borneo. 

 It frequently flowers and fruits here and is easily raised from seed. 

 Seedlings too can be often found in the habitat of the tree and 



P. neriifolia, Don.— This is I take it the plant which occurs as a 

 tree on Mount Ophir, and on the hills at Balik Pulau in Penang. 

 't has narrower more acuminate leaves and is more of an erect tree, 

 rj f ' ^ ractea ta, Bl.— A gigantic tree on Gunong Banang near 

 eatu Pahat, and the biggest species I have seen in the peninsula, 

 it also grows at Balik Pulau in Penang. The leaves acuminate 

 a "d quite 6 inches long and 1 inch wide. 



athifolia, has oval lanceolate leaves of the shape 

 inner. I have come across young plants of this 

 "ngapore, Sumatra and elsewhere but never found a full grown 

 ree ' and nave been unable at present to cultivate it. 

 .\. P \J eysmanni > Mig. with falcate short leaves is a very handsome 

 jnnib or small tree growing on Matang in Borneo, Sumatra, and at 

 I'^^angkok Pass in Selangor, at about 4,000 feet. A young 

 Gardens° Ught Matan & onl y lived a ver - V sh ° rt time the 



rr£' dat ?,' R - Br -— A handsome species with rather broad leaves 

 g °^' S wel1 w Singapore. It is a native of Queensland. 

 ■>zu\» K ° ra Z ina > Sieb. — A native of Korea is cultivated in many 

 feet tall ^ S,nga P ore - lt forms a sma11 bush >' tree ' about 12 or 14 



\*L\nil if °i ia > Klolsch.— A tree probably of this species has been 

 lo n S 6 Bot anic Gardens, Singapore, and is conspicuous from its 

 \ e , v acuminate willow like leaves. It is a native of 



T *giont" J *J , ~7 Tne P lants of this & enus are usua,1 >* habitants of coid 

 planted out " 0t USUally thrivC the Str&itS ' at 

 HhereT"'/*«^/j.--The Weeping Cypress is a native of China 

 ls sa 'd to inhabit a very cold region. There are four 



