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JOURNAL OF THU Royal HOBTldULTURAL SOCIEiTY. 



Trees and shrubs, natives of Tasmania, New Zealand, the East 

 Indies, and New Caledonia. 



Eichler, in " Die natlirliclien Pflanzenfamilien," refers Dacrydium 

 to Podocarpese ; but in his Syllabus he, like Benth. and Hook. , 

 assigns it to Taxea3. 



D. cupressinum, Sol. ex Forst. PL Esc. 80, and Prodr. 92 ; 

 Lamb. Pinet. ed. 2, iii. 117, t. 51; Rich. Conif. 16, t. 2, f . 3 ; 

 A. Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel. 361 ; A. Cunningh. in Ann. of Nat. Hist. i. 

 214 ; Endl. Syn. Conif. 225 ; Lindl. andGord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 225 ; 

 Knight, Syn. Conif. 48 ; Hook. fil. Fl. of New Zeal. 233 ; Carr. 

 Man. des PI. 375, and Tr. Gen. Conif. 486, and ed. 2, 691 ; Gord. 

 Pinet. 74. D. Lohhii, hort. aliq. Thalamia cupressinaj Spreng. 

 Syst. iii. 890. 



It is the typical tree of the western district of the North Island, 

 New Zealand. 



Wintered indoors, 



D. Franklinii, Hook. til. in Lond. Journ. of Bot. ser. 2, iv. 152, 

 t. 6 ; Endl. Syn. Conif. 227 ; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 

 225 ; Knight, Syn. Conif. 48 ; Carr. Man. des PI. iv. 376, andTr. Gen. 

 Conif. 490 ; Gord. Pinet. 75 ; Hook. fil. Fl. of Tasm. i. 357 ; Henk. 

 and Hochst. Syn. der Nadelh. 408 ; Carr. Tr. Gen. Conif. ed. 2, 695 ; 

 Yeitch, Man. Conif. 319. D. huonense, A. Cunningh. Mss. 



Habitat. — Tasmania, near the river Huon and towards the port 

 of Macquarie. 



A large pyramidal tree, with spreading or pendent branches, 

 thickly clothed with spray, growing 100 feet high and 20 feet in 

 circumference. Timber excellent for naval purposes. 



Wintered indoors. 



22. MICROCACHRYS.— Hook. fil. Benth. Fl. Austral, vi, 

 240 ; Hook. Ic. PI. t. 250 ; Bot. Mag. t. 5576 (1866) ; Eichl. in Engl, 

 and Prantl. Natiirlich. Pflf. ii. 103, 104, with illus. ; Carr. Conif. 

 ed. 2, 687 ; Henk. and Hochst. Syn. der Nadelh. 408 ; Hook. fil. 

 in Lond. Journ. of Bot. iv. 149 (iti parte), and Fl. of Tasm. i. 358 ; 

 Endl. Syn. Conif. 227 ; Gord. Pinet. 134. 



Flowers dioecious ; the male catkins oval-oblong or cylindrical, and 

 in clusters on the ends of the smaller branchlets ; the female oval- 

 obtuse, or globular, erect, and terminal. 



Fruit very small, nearly globular, terminal, nodding, somewhat 

 fleshy, bright red, and composed of numerous small scales. 



Scales spreading, loosely imbricated, oval-rhomboid, thick, rather 

 fleshy, bright red, and from twenty to thirty in number. 



Seeds egg-shaped, solitary at the base of each scale, larger than the 

 scales, more or less exposed, and with a thin bony shell. 



Leaves ovate, scale-formed, very small, closely imbricated in four 

 rows, and of a deep glossy green colour. 



