Podocarpus spinulosus , {Smith) R. Br. 317 
bundle. At the chalazal end of the ovule it divides to form ultimately 
about four bundles which soon die out. 
6. Podocarpus is regarded as a modified genus derived from a type 
similar to Saxegothaea. 
7 . The Podocarpeae are a natural group with no very definite con¬ 
nexions with the Taxeae, though Phyllocladus may form a connecting link. 
There is no evident relationship between the Podocarpeae and the Abie- 
tineae. It is likely that the former are connected with the Araucarieae by 
means of Saxegothaea. 
Botany School, Cambridge, 
October , 1809. 
Postscript. —Since this paper was sent in for publication we have 
received Tison’s second paper on Saxegothaea (26). This author considers 
the epimatium and ovular stalk in Podocarpus as together equivalent 
to the epimatium in Saxegothaea. He also refers to two figures of the 
ovule of Saxegothaea published by one of us (17), which both show an 
epimatium ‘ qui enveloppe completement l’ovule et son tegument a la fagon 
de celui des Dacrydium et des Podocarpus .’ One of these figures was 
a diagram to show the ovular supply arising as a branch from the sporophyll 
bundle and was not intended to show details of ovular structure. Never¬ 
theless, inasmuch as it represented the epimatium as present on the under 
side of the ovule, it was incorrect. The other figure showed a section of 
the ovule cut more or less parallel to the cone scale, and so showed the 
epimatium present on both sides ; it did not show an epimatium completely 
surrounding the ovule. Moreover, only on Tison’s view can it be con¬ 
sidered as proved that the epimatium completely surrounds the ovule in 
Podocarpus. 
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