Reproductive Structures in the Podocarpineae . 
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Diagram i. Podocarpus Totara. a, vertical section through strobilus; B-G, successive trans- 
verse sections from receptaculum to chalaza. P, elatus. H, transverse section through middle of 
epimatium and ovule. Integument shaded, xylem black. 
In all these species the nucellus for about half its length is free from 
the integument, which at maturity is divided into a narrow stony layer out- 
side and a wider soft one within. It is fused throughout with the epimatium, 
which ripens into a leathery coat and is well provided with mucilage canals 
or sacs. 
