200 PHYLLOCLADUS ALPINUS. 
It descends to the sea-level at Colac Bay, where it attains its southern limit. It 
has not been observed on Stewart Island. 
It ranges from sea-level to 5,oooft. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Phyllocladus alpinus, Heok. f., ‘‘ Flora Novee-Zelandie,” 1., 
P- 235, t. 53- 
A moneecious shrub or small tree, 5ft. to 25ft. high, with numerous short 
stout branches. True leaves produced on young plants only, linear-acute, fin. 
long. Cladodia crowded, glaucous, 3in. to T3in. long, very coriaceous, cuneate 
or narrow-rhomboid or linear-oblong, deeply lobed, margins erose, toothed, teeth 
apiculate. Male catkins short, in terminal fascicles of two to six, sessile or 
shortly peduncled ; connective obtuse. Female cones on the margins of reduced 
cladodes or at the base of others. Ovules two or three. Cones crimson in fruit. 
Nuts, two or three, each with a membranous envelope investing its base. 
EXPLANATION OF PrLaTE C. 
Phyllocladus alpinus, Hook. f. Young plant with true leaves, and mature 
specimen in fruit. 1 and 2. Male catkins, natural size. 3. Male catkin. 
4. Front and back views of anther. 5. Cone. 6. Nut. All magnified. 
