CLXV. CONIFERS. 
278 
[Agathis, 
rarely 2, Ripe cone large, ovoid or globose. Scales hard, broad. 
Seed on the lower side ovate or oblong, broadly winged. Species 
several, Malaya to Polynesia. 
Tall tree; leaves coriaceous, green; male spikes 2 in. 
long.(i) A. loranthifolia 
Small tree; leaves rigid, coriaceous, yellow; male 
spikes 1-5 in. long ...... (2) A. flavescens 
(1) A. loranthifolia Salisbury, Trans. Linn. Soc. viii. 312; 
Hook. fil. F.B.I. V. 650. 
A lofty straight tree 80 to 150 ft. tall, and 2 to 3 ft. through, 
very resiniferous. Leaves coriaceous, dark green, lanceolate to 
ovate blunt, base very shortly narrowed, decurrent on petiole, 
2 to 3 in. long, i to 1*25 in. wide; petioles -25 in. long. Male 
spikes cylindric, blunt, 2 to 3 in. long. Scales oblong-obovate, 
*25 in. long. Anther-cells 10 to 12 on a scale. Female spike 2 in. 
long. Cone sub-globose, scales cuneate rounded, top thickened. 
Seed oblong, *3 in. long, wings falcate, obtuse decurved. 
(2) A. flavescens Ridl. Joiirn. F.M.S. Mtts. vi. 196; Kew 
Bulletin, 1914, p. 332. 
A tree about 40 ft. tall, and from i to 2 ft. through or even 
less, branches spreading, yellow. Leaves very thick, coriaceous, 
yellow, glaucous beneath, elliptic-obovate, tip round, base narrowed 
to the very short thick petioles -i in. long, blade 2 to 2-5 in. long, 
•5 to I in. wide. Male spikes 1*5 in. long, *25 in. through, cylindric. 
Scales 1-3 in. wide, -12 in. long, limb orbicular; anther-cells 5 or 
6. Cone on a stout thickened peduncle 3 in. long, globose, 2*25 in. 
long, 2 in. through. Scales obovate-obreniform, upper edge 
recurved, thickened, 1*25 in. long, i in. wide. Seed oblong, ends 
rounded, *5 in. long, *25 in. wide, wings oblong rounded, -27 in. 
long. Hab. Mountains in small rocky woods, Pahang, Gunong 
TaMn at 4500 to 6000 ft. altitude (Robinson, Ridley). 
While on the open rocky slopes the whole tree is of a conspicuous yellow 
colour, in the more shady woods of the Teku stream the leaves are green. 
2 . DACRYDIUM, Solander. 
Trees medium to large size. Leaves short acicular or scale¬ 
like, sessile. Male cones very small, sessile, on the tips of the 
branches, scales minute lanceolate. Anther-cells 2. Female 
flowers solitary on the branch ends; bract ovate with a broader 
semi-orbicular-ovate scale. Ovule terminal erect, micropyle point¬ 
ing upwards. Seeds small, drupaceous. Species about 16, New 
Zealand, New Caledonia, Chili and l Asiatic. 
Leaves of 2 forms, on young plants and shoots 
acicular, in adults scale-like, very small . . (i) D. elatum 
Leaves all acicular, '25 in. long on fertile branches . {2) D. Beccarii 
Leaves flat linear falcate.(3) D. falciforme 
