28 o clxv. conifers. [Dacrydium. 
altitude and upwards. Pahang, Gunong Tahan (Robinson); 
Telom (Ridley); Gunong Lesong, Kwantan (J. G. Watson). Selan¬ 
gor, Gunong Ulu Kali; Mengkuang Lebah (Dennys), Perak, 
Gunong Bubu and Gunong Batu Putih (Wray); Gunong Inas 
(Yapp), Penang Hill (Wallich). Kedah Peak (Low). Distrib. 
Tonkin, Tenasserim, Sumatra, Borneo, Fiji. Native name: Ru 
bukit. 
(2) D. Beccarii Pari, in DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, p. 494; Pilger 
Pfianzenreich, Taxacece, 52. 
A dwarf bushy tree or a bush 15 ft. tall or less. Leaves all 
acicuJar, mucronate; *5 to 75 in. long in young shoots, -i in. in 
fruiting shoots. Male spikes unknown. Female flowers axillary, 
one or two together; receptacle very short. Bracts sub-orbicular, 
rather large. Ovule conic to ellipsoid, acute or blunt, i ft. long. 
Hab. Mountains in open spots, Malacca (all collectors). Pahang, 
Gunong Tahan (Ridley). Selangor, Mengkuang Lebah (Dennys), 
Perak, Bujong Malacca (Curtis); Gunong Bubu (Wray). Distrib, 
Borneo. 
The sterile branches of this plant resemble those of quite young D. elatum, 
but the leaves are longer and finer, and those on the fertile branches are 
distinctly longer and acicular, those of D, elatum being scale-like. The plant 
always grows in open spots, not like D. elatum in forests, and is very much 
smaller. I have sought in vain for male flowers. 
(3) D. falciforme Pilger, Pfianzenreich, Taxacem, 45, fig. 4; 
Ridl. Journ. Roy. .4 s. Soc. S'. Br. 60, p. 56. Podocarpus falciformis 
Pari, in DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, p. 685. 
Shrub or a small tree, usually 10 to 30 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous 
flat, distichous, obliquely lanceolate acuminate, acute mucronate, 
base narrowed to a short winged petiole, midrib visible from the 
base halfway along the leaf, i to 2 in. long, *25 in. wide. Male 
cone cylindric, i in. long, sub-terminal, scales small ovate acuminate. 
Female flowers on a very short branch. Scales triangular, keeled, 
numerous, imbricate. Ovule solitary, decurved. Hab. Mountains 
in open high forest, Pahang, Gunong Tahan. Selangor, Semangkok 
Pass (Ridley). Distrib. Lingga, Borneo, Philippines. 
I have a record of this plant attaining the height of 80 ft. with a trunk 
diameter of 3 ft., but all I remember to have seen and all herbarium records 
give it as much smaller. 
3 . PODOCARPUS, L’Herit. 
Trees. Leaves coriaceous, linear acuminate, in one species 
ovate, and in one or two forms acicular and linear, or scale-like 
alternate narrow, petiolate or sub-sessile, midrib usually prominent. 
Trees unisexual or bisexual. Male catkins of numerous lanceolate 
imbricate bracts. Anther-cells 2 on a clawed scale. Female 
flow'ers solitary, or several in a raceme. Bracts i or more, forming 
a fleshy peduncle (receptacle). Ovule adnate to a scale decurved, 
micropyle facing downwards. Seed moderately large, globose or 
