PODOCARPUS NIVALIS. 
; DISTRIBUTION OF THE SPECIES. 
Eotthean limit appears to oe on aie Kaiwaka Mean. Hawke s Se wher 
it was collected by Mr. A. Hamilton: it is, perhaps, most plentiful on oe Pa 
of Canterbury, but occurs throughout Otago at suitable elevations. 
tudinal range is from 2,000ft. to 5,500!t. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Podocarpus nivalis, Hook. f. 
A much-branched prostrate or sub-erect shrub, rft. to Oft. high. Leaves 
crowded, very coriaceous, curved or spreading, }in. to gin. long, rarely erect, 
linear, narrowed into a very stout petiole, obtuse, apiculate, mee ai promine t 
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below. Male catkins solitary or in fascicles of two to four, terminating aborti io 
branches, connective obtuse. I*emale solitary, axillary ;. ovule. solitary. Fruit, 
a nut, seated on a pulpy receptacle. 
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EXPLANATION oF PLate XL. = 
Podocarpus nivalis, Hook. f. Specimen with male flowers. 1. Ripe fruit. | 
Nut. Both magnified. : 
