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its whole length ; ovule inverted. Seed small, broadly ovoid or ovoid- 
globose, adnate carpidium scarcely discernible in seed. 
1. Podocarpus imbricatus Blume Enum. PI. Javae (1827) 89; Pilger in 
Engler Das Pflanzenreich 4 5 (1903) 56. 
P. cupressina R. Br. ex Mirb. Geogr. Conif. in Mem. Mus. 13 (1825) 75 (nomen 
! ) ; Bennett in R. Br. PI. Jav. Rar. 1 (1838) 35, t. 10; Blume Rumphia 3 (1847) 
218, t. 172, f. 2 et 172B, f. 2; Endl. Syn. (1847) 222; Pe Boer, Conif. Archip. 
Ind. (1866) 25; Carr. Conif. 2 (1867) 677; Pari, in DC. Prodr. 1 6 2 (1868) 
521; Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. 2 (1859) 1074; Beccari, Malesia 1 (1878) 179; F.-Vill. 
Noviss. App. (1880) 211; Vidal Sinopsis Atlas xliii, t. 97, f. B. ; Phan. Cum. 
Philip. (1885) 160; Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 295; Ceron Cat. PI. Herb. 
(1892) 187; Warburg, Monsunia 1 (1900) 191; Koorders & Valeton, Bijd. Ken. 
Boomsoort. Java 10 (1904) 262; Koorders-Schumaeher, Syst. Verz. Herb. Koord. 
3 (1911) Taxaceae 3. . 
P. cumingii Pari, in A. DC. Prodr. 16 2 (1868) 521. 
Nageia cumingii O. Ktze. Revis. Gen. PI. 2 (1891) 800. 
P. horsfieldii Wall. Cat, n. 6049, Endl. 1. c. 
Taxodium horsfieldii Knight Syn. Conif. 21. 
. Nageia cupressina O. Ktze. 1. e. 800. 
P. imbricatus Blume var. cumingii (Pari.) Pilger 1. c. 56; Perk. Frag. FI. 
Philip. (1904). 44; Foxworthy ex Merrill in Philip. Joum. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 
258; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sei. 5 (1910) Bot. 324. 
I can not see any way in which the variety cumingii is distinct from the species. 
This is the commonest and most widely distributed species of the family in 
the Philippines, It covers the tops of many of our mountains. Found at eleva- 
tions of from 900 to 2,700 m. 
Luzon, Subprovince of Bontoc, For. Bur. 11(465 Darling, For.- Bur. 10960 
Curran: Subprovince of Lepanto , Merrill 4503, 1/546 , For. Bur. 5691, 5727 Klemme, 
For. Bur. 14498 Darling: Province of Abra, For. Bur. 14584, 11/589 Darling: 
Subprovinee of Benguet, Elmer 6550, 6551, Williams 1299, 1298, Bur. Sci. 1/405 
M earns, For. Bur. 5036, 10825, 10,829 Curran, For. Bur. 11/187, 14190 Merritt, 
For. Bur. 18049 Curran, Merritt & Zscholtke, For. Bur. 18365 Alvarez, Bur. Sci. 
8328 McGregor : Province of Zambales, For, Bur. 8103 Curran & Merritt: Prov- 
inces of Laguna and Tayabas, Mount Banajao, Cuming 803, For. Bur. 213, 871/ 
Klemme, Dec. Phil. For. FI. 66 Klemme, For. Bur. 7886, 7905 Curran d Merritt, 
Whitford 951, Bur. Sci. 2387 Foxworthy, Bur. Sci. 6060, 6565 Robinson, Calvin 
323, Loher 1/852, 7137. Mindoro, For. Bur. 41/1/6, 4471, 8528, 8529 Merritt, 
Merrill 5563. Panay, Province of Antique, Yoder s. n, Negros, Mount Canlaon, 
Merrill 7032. Mindanao, Province of Misamis, For. Bur. 1/666 M earns & Hutchin- 
son: District of Zamboanga, Copeland s. n. 
Warburg, 1. c.- 192, mentions the 'occurrence of nodule-bearing roots in this 
species. The Philippine material also, shows these nodules on all the specimens 
examined. 
Distribution: Monsoon region: Java, on mountains from 1,000 m high and 
upward ; west Sumatra ; south Celebes ; the Moluccas ; south and west Borneo ; 
the Malay Peninsula; northern Burma; the Philippines; and New Guinea. 
Section III. Nageia Endl. 
Leaves opposite or subopposite, often large, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 
midrib wanting.. Male inflorescences often several, fasciculate on axillary 
