Female Strohilus in Podocarpus . 
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Flores feminei foliolis infra receptacidam destituti. 
P. saligna , D. Don. 
P. saligna is well grown in several gardens in Cornwall, as P. chilina , 
L. C. Rich. The present material was obtained at Trewidden, Mr. Bolitho’s 
place near Penzance, in March, 1909. The trees were still in their youth 
form of shrubby growth, fruiting at ten feet. There were very few cones, 
and they occurred in the axils of the lower leaves of last year’s wood, and 
consisted of very long peduncles and three (PI. LI, Fig. 52, br.bs.) or four 
(Fig- 53, br. bs.) bracts, of which one was fertile. The bract bases were green 
and somewhat swollen. 
In P'ig. 53 two bracts are of unequal size and all show a spiral tendency. 
This spiral tendency is carried still further in P. spimdosa , R. Br., judging 
from Pilger’s figures ( 40 , Fig. 15, H-L). In this stage stone-cell formation 
has invaded the whole integument, which made it impossible to get good 
microtome series ; the female gametophyte, too, was contracted and shrunken. 
It seems to be the rule that, where there is a difference in the relative size 
of the bracts of one cone, the fertile one is generally the largest ; this 
enlargement is probably a subsequent development correlated with nutritive 
requirements. 
P. To tar a. 
Morphology. P. Totara is one of the finest denizens of the New 
Zealand forest, and may be said to be the classical tree of that country. Its 
dark green foliage, rather pendulous in outline, massed branching habit, and 
stringy bark strongly recall the Yew, a resemblance accentuated by the simi- 
lar colour of the berry-like strobili. According to Cheeseman ( 14 , p. 648), 
the wood is durable and much used for building purposes, and it was the 
favourite timber of the Maoris in the construction of their houses and war 
canoes. It is common in forests from the North Cape to the south-west of 
Otago, up to 2,000 ft. 
The youngest material was collected during a two weeks’ stay at 
Te Aroha, in the beginning of November, from a young ? tree in the 
public gardens. The stage of development ranges from the pollination or 
differentiated megaspore to free cell formation in the prothallus. 
A great many of the ovules remained unpollinated, though there were 
several trees in their immediate vicinity. These strobili died off by 
degrees in great quantities, and, though ^indistinguishable in the living 
state, they could always be picked out in formalin by their dead appearance. 
As far as it is possible to judge by present experience, it seems to be 
characteristic of the Podocarps, no doubt associated with the reduced 
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