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v. subellipticis acutis v, obtusiusculis 1-nerviis, neryo in petiolum adnatum decurrente supra viridi- 
bus, subtus pallidioribus, utrinque stomatiferis; amentis ¢ spicatis terminalibus solitariis gracilibus, 
connectivo ovato-acuminato; amentis 2 ign.; fructu obovato obtuso, basi bracteato, levi; semine 
erecto. Nomen vernac. Vitiense, “Kan solo,”"—In the island of Viti Levu (Milne! Seemann ! 
n. 576; Greeffe! n. 1). 
_._ This is one of the finest Conifere I have ever seen, and found by Milne, Gratle, and myself in the 
island of Viti Levu. It attains sixty feet in height, has a stem nine feet in circumference, and has droop- 
ing, extremely graceful branches, which would render the species a highly desirable acquisition to our 
living collections. In habit it is unlike any other Podocarpus, but from the materials now on hand we 
could not make it into a separate genus, The leaves are about one inch long and three lines broad. The 
male spikes are terminal, cylindrical, and an inch to an inch and a half long, The anthers are on short 
filaments, and form, together with the connective, a cordate acuminate body. The fruit is obovate, obtuse, 
and scarcely an inch long. The seed is érect, and the embryo elayate-cylindrical and acute. 
Expoanation or Prare LXXVIIL, representing Podocarpus Vitiensis, Seem.—Fig. 1, portion of 
branchlet ; 2 ond 8, anthers; 4, fruit (ripe); 6 and 7, the same, eut longitudinally and horizontally; 5, 
seed; 6, embryo :—Figs, 1, 2, 3, and 8, maynified. 
4, P. cupressina, R. Brown, ex Mirb. in Mem. Mus, vol. xii. p. 75; J. J. Bennett, in Hors- 
field, Plant. Jav. Rar. p. 35. t. 10; Endl. Conif. p. 222; foltis aliis lanceolatis spinuloso-mucronatis 
arete quinquefariam imbricatis, aliis lineari-lanceolatis aversis falcatis elongatis distiche horizontaliter 
patentibus ; seminibus ramulos breyes seepissime cernuos terminantibus,—P. Horsfieldii, Wall. Cat. 
n. 6049. P, imbricata, Blume, Enum. Pl. Jay. 89. Nomen vernac. Vitiense, Kau tabua.”—Island 
of Viti Levu (Milne!), Also collected in Aneitum (Milne!) and the Indian Archipelago. 
This tree is from fifty to eighty feet high, with spreading, pendulous branches. The native name is 
derived from “ kaw” (wood), and “ ¢abua” (a whale’s tooth), because the timber has the yellowish tinge of 
a well-oiled whale’s tooth, formerly esteemed the most precious article in Viti. 
Ill, Dacrydium, Soland. ex Forst. Plant. Eseul. 80; Endl. Conif, p. 224, Flores dioici. 
Fl. ¢: Amenta terminalia, solitaria, ovoidea, minuta, basi bracteis imbricatis cincta. Stamina ce, axi 
inserta; filamenta brevissima; anther 2-loculares, connectivo squameeformi superatee, loculis appo- 
sitis extrorsum dchiscentibus, Fl. ? solitarii, ad ramulorum apicem laterales v. rarissime in spicam 
terminalem collecti. Squama ebracteata, subcymbseformis, medio ovulifera. Ovulum 1, in media 
squama sessile, inversum, integumento exteriori laxo, interioris apice in collum breve producto 
exserto. Semen tandem erectum, squamz haud accrescenti insidens, integumento exteriore laxo 
earnoso, ore lato hiante, nucleo multo breviore, disciformi, interiore osseo, Embryo in apice albu- 
minis farinosi antitropus.—Arhores procere, sempervirentes, ramosissime, ramis seepe pendulis ; foha 
acerosa, decussatim opposita, decurrentia, undiqne stomatigera; flores terminales, exiles; gemme 
nud, 
Vieillard, 1. c. p. 56, enumerates an undescribed species of this genus (D. wstwm) amongst the useful 
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plants of New Caledonia. 
1. D. elatum, Wall. Cat. n, 6045 ; Hook. Lond, Journ. of Bot. vol. ii, P. 144, t. 2; Endl, 
Conif. p. 226; foliis alis acicularibus tetragonis acutis erecto-patentibus, aliis squamzoformibus 
oyatis obtusis aut rarius acuminatis arcte adpressis ; seminibus infra ramuloram apices solitariis.— 
Juniperus rigida, Wallich in Herb. Sieber. Juniperus Philippsiana, Wallich, mis. 1524. tpenees 
elata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. Or. vol, iii. p. 838; “ Gambinur,” Sumatr. Junghubn in Bot. ae tals p- 
678. coll. Schlecht. ; ibid. p. 7538-757. Nom. vernac. Vitiens., Seemann ! “ Leweninini” et Dakua 
salusalu’?—Ovalan (Seemann! n. 573; Storck! nu. 906), Viti Levu (Grefie !). 
The Leweninini is found in mixed forests from the seashore to the highest peaks. The branches are 
