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Pavon. Nageia, Geertn. de Fruct. i. 191, t. 39 ; Gord. Pin. 135 ; Carr. 

 Conif. ed. 2, 635 ; Pari, in D. C. Prodr. xvi. 2, 507 ; Brongn. and 

 Gris. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Tr. xiii. 425, xvi, 325 ; Benth. Fl. Austral, 

 vi. 246 ; C. Koch, Dendr. ii. 105 ; Eichl. in Engl, and Prantl. Natlirl. 

 Pflf. ii. 104. Podocarpus (sect. Nageia), Endlicli. Syn. Conif. 207 ; 

 Carr. Man. des PI. iv. 368, and Tr. G^n. Conif. 437. Calophyllus, 

 J. E. Nelson, Pinac. (_pro parte), 154. 



Flowers dioecious, rarely monoecious. 



Fruit drupaceous, inverted, and adhering. 



Seeds hard and bony-shelled. 



Leaves either opposite, alternate, or scattered, linear or oblong, 

 and one-nerved. 

 Cotyledons two. 



Name derived from ttovs^ a foot, and mpnos, a fruit — fruit foot- 

 stalked. 



All natives of the temperate zones of Asia, Africa, and America. 



P. alpina, P. Br. ex Mirb. in Mem. Mus. xiii. 75 ; Bennett in 

 Horsf. PI. Jav. Par. 40 ; Hook. fil. in Lond. Journ. of Bot. ser, 2, 

 iv. 150 ; Endl. Syn. Conif. 214 ; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. 

 V. 223 ; Carr. Man. des PI. 371, and Tr. Gen. Conif. 456, and ed. 2, 

 652 (not Gord. Pinet. 268). 



Habitat. — Tasmania, Mount Wellington, at 4,650 feet elevation, 

 and on the somewhat lower grounds of Marlborough ; also in south- 

 east New Holland, in Victoria, &c. Wintered indoors. 



P. chilina, Rich, in Ann. Mus. xvi. 297, and Conif. 11, 1. 1, f. 1 ; 

 Endl. Syn. Conif. 212 ; Knight, Syn. Conif. 47 ; CI. Gay, Fl. Chil. 

 V. 401 ; Carr. Man. des PI. iv. 370, and Tr. Gen. Conif. 448, and 

 ed. 2, 649 ; Gord. Pinet. 270. P. saUgna, Don in Lamb. Pinet. ed. 2, 

 ii. 120. 



Habitat. — Grows in great numbers on several mountains of Chili. 

 Introduced in 1853. Wintered indoors. 



P. chinensis, Wall. List. n. 605 ; Endl. Syn. Conif. 213 (excl. 

 syn. longifolia and vertlcillata, hort. and macropliylla, Don) ; Lindl. 

 and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 223 ; Blume, Rumph. iii. 216 ; Carr. 

 Man. des PI. iv. 371, and Tr. Gen. Conif. 457 ; Gord. Pinet. 271, 

 and suppl. 87. Taxus chinensis, Roxb. Hort. Bengal, 73. Juniperus 

 chinensis, Roxb. Fl. Ind. Orient, iii. 840. (?) Taxus macrophylla, 

 Thunb. Fl. Jap. 276. P. macrophylla (3 Maid, Endl. I.e. 216 ; Lindl. 

 and Gord. I.e. 224 ; Blume, I.e. P. Makoya, Forb. Pinet. Wob. 218. 

 P. Mahoyi, Hortus Lovan. ; Blume, Rumph. iii. 216. P. Maki, Sieb. 

 and Zucc. FL Jap. t. 134. P. MaJcoya^, hort. P. macrophylla, var. 

 Maki, Neumann, Rev. Hort. 1848, 41 (cum ic). 



Habitat. — Japan, near Nagasaki ; at Yeddo, on Nippon ; and in 

 China, in Yunnan. 



Introduced in 1804. 



