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be fourid in many forms and varieties besides those abeady mentioned, 

 amongst which I may here mention Caroliniana, (a more compact- 

 growing and more thinly- foliaged variety,) Dumosa, (a more bushy and 

 spreading form,) Glauca, (a very glaucous-leaved form,) Nana, (a dwarf 

 variety,) Variegata, (a variety with part of its leaves or spray of a white 

 or yellowish colour,) and Viridis, (a bright green-leaved variety ;) there 

 is moreover a Pendula or weeping-branched kind, and of this, again, a 

 mascula, or male form; a fcemina^ or female form; a Va rieg at a , Siiid 

 a Viridis ; all of which are hardy and highly ornamental. 



S.D. III. PODOGARPE-^E : The Podocarpus Tribe. 



From Greek ttovc ; ttscoc, pedos, of a foot ; " and KapiroQ, harpos, 

 ^' a fruit ; " fruit footstalked. 



In foliage and general deportment this S.D. might be said to be the 

 better-half of the allied S.D, Taxinem ; yet, in their general character- 

 istics, particularly in flowers and fruit, and likewise in the ligneous 

 tissues, and resinous juices, they are specifically and generically dis- 

 tinct from the Yews. 



Flowers, male and female, on the same or separate plants ; some- 

 times together, sometimes separate : terminal and solitary, or in spikes 

 or clusters. 



Leaves, linear, lanceolate, oblong, needle-shaped, spoon-shaped, awl- 

 shaped, or three-sided; opposite, or alternate ; scattered, or in whorls; 

 two-rowed, three-rowed, four-rowed, or five-rowed ; nerved, ribbed, or 

 channelled ; shining and leathery, sharp or blunt-pointed, various in 

 colour ; generally light or dark green, sometimes yellowish, or bluish- 

 green ; rarely rusty or brownish-green. 



Fruit, plum-hke, generally about the size of a pea, in some species 

 as large as cherries, or moderate-sized plums ; of various colours ; — 

 purple, red, violet, yellow, or green : generally shining, some with a 

 powdery bloom when ripe ; some singly and some in clusters ; and 

 not poisonous nor irritant as in the Yews. 



I 1. CalOPHYLLUS : The Beautiful-Leaved. 



From Greek koXoq, kalos, "beautiful;" and (pvXXoc, pliyllos, ^4eafy:" 

 their leaves being so large, massive, many-nerved, shining green, and con- 

 spicuously beautiful, — more Laurel-like than Pine-like in their foliage. 



Flowers, male and female, together or separate, on the same or on 

 separate plants, in some solitary, in others in clusters. 



Leaves? these are comparatively large for firs or pines, being from 



