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two to six inches long, and from half an inch to two inches broad ; ' 



more laurel-like than pine-like. In form, linear, lanceolate, oblong, 

 three-sided, or awl-shaped; generally opposite, but frequently alternate; ■ 

 two-rowed or five-rowed ; all more or less leathery, stiff, and shining ; 

 of various shades of brown, yellow, light or dark green ; all more or I 

 less numerously nerved and furrowed ; and some have numerous j 

 JStomata, — or breathing-pores on their surface. i 



Fruit, plum-like, globular, generally singly, but frequently in twos ■ 

 or threes ; various in size ; some the size of a pea, some as large as 

 cherries, changing from green to dark purple Avhen ripe ; but the beau- 

 tiful fascicle inflorescence assumes many forms in their cup-like scales : 

 or bracts, which at first seems like the germ or embryo of a single 

 fruit ; but many of them being temporary, or deciduous in their nature, 

 they frequently become disposed in bunches, changing as they increase ] 

 in maturity through many shades of green, yellow, or brown; and j 

 when thoroughly matured forming a fleshy, thin, glaucous, soft, ■ 

 powdery, sloe-like berry, the seed of which is enclosed in the inner 

 thin, hard, brittle, and bony shell. 



In this section fCalojohyllusJ w^e have two species, which are to be 

 found in many forms or varieties. ^ 



PODOGARPUS JaPONIGA : The Japan Podocarpus. 



This is the " Nagi,'' or " Catkin-bearing Laurel" of the Orientals, 

 attaining heights of from twenty-five to fifty feet ; having a smooth, 

 fleshy, soft bark, which is of a brown colour ; and its resinous juice is 

 strongly balsamic, and highly odoriferous. Its leaves are from one- 

 and-a-half to three inches long, and about half as broad as long ; gene- 

 rally deep green above, and yellowish or light green below. Its 

 branches are generally spreading, opposite, or in whorls ; mostly 

 pendent when old, though more or less aspiring when young. Of its j 

 many forms I recognize: — Cuspidata, (long-pointed-leaved,) Grandi- \ 

 folia, (having leaves five to seven inches long, and one to two inches i 

 broad,) Ovaia, (ovate-leaved,) Ovata Variegata, (variegated ovate-leaved ; 

 variety,) and Aurea, (golden,) and Argentea, (silvery,) variegated varieties 

 of it. All of which are most beautiful ornamental plants, but unfor- I 

 tunately more or less tender, and much too delicate and fastidious in 

 such a climate as ours. | 



PODOGARPUS LatifOLIA : The Broad-Leaved Podocarpus. 



This is the " Soplough " Pine of India, a most beautiful little ever- \ 

 green tree, attaining heights of from twenty to eighty feet in its j 

 native habitats, the mountains of Pundna and Salak, and in the Island 1 



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