“> . Banc lsum A-Aieh. FI. W-2,, — +34. acc. te. 
A. Gamrm. 
FP. eyealsa A. Danian Low. rh. aie “it, ovr: IR2X. 
Dacrydium.] TAXACEAE. Dyce ae, teem. 115 
1. D. Kirkii F. Muell. ex Parl. in D.C. Prodi. Xvi, i (1868) 495,— 
A tall tree 50-80 ft. high; trunk 2-3 ft. diam.; bark greyish-brown ; lower 
branches spreading, upper more erect. Leaves of two forms: those of 
young trees and on the lower branches of old ones large, erecto-patent, 
1-1} in. long, linear, subacute, narrowed into a very short twisted petiole, 
flat, pale-green, coriaceous ; midrib distinct ; margins slightly cartilaginous. 
Leaves of the upper and fertile branches small and scale- hke, densely 
PT al aaa imbricate and appressed to the almost terete. branchlets, 
74-}in. long, ovate-rhomboid, obtuse, thick and coriaceous, obtusely 
keeled on the back ; Right os thin, membranous. Flowers dioecious. Males 
solitary, terminal, sessile, 4 4-+ In. long. Females at the tips of the branchlets, 
forming a short oblong head 4 i-4 in. long. Nuts 1-5 (usually 3-4), oblong, 
obtuse, compressed, striate, about tin. long—Hook. f. Ic. Plant. (1877) 
t. 1219 ; T. Kirk in Trans. N. Z. ike. x (1878) 390, t. 19; Forest Fl. (1889) 
te Die: Pilger an Pflanzenr. tv, 5 (1903) 46; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 
652. 
Norru Istanp : In forests from Hokianga to the Manukau Harbour, rare and local. 
Whangaroa, Hector and Buchanan! between Hokianga and the Northern Wairoa, Peirie / 
Cockayne ; between the Bay of Islands and Whangarei, R. Mair/ T. F. C.; Great Barrier 
Island, 7’. Kirk / Titirangi (near Auckland), 7. F.C.  Sea-level to 2000 ft. © Monoao. 
A handsome tree, distinguished from its immediate allies by the large size, the 
large leaves of the young trees and lower branches of the old ones, the almost terete 
fertile branchlets, and the usually numerous nuts. The transition from the long linear 
leaves of the young state to the small scale-like leaves of the old plant is most abrupt, 
Both forms can often be found on the same branch. The wood is pale brownish-red. 
strong and compact, and exceedingly durable. 
2. D. biforme Palger an Pflanzenr. iv, 5 (1903) 45.—A small tree 15-30 ft. 
or 40 ft. high, in alpine localities often dwarfed to a few feet; trunk short, 
1-2 ft. diam. ; bark dark-brown ; branches stout, clothed with the persistent 
and indurated leaves; mature branchlets tetragonous. Leaves of two 
forms : ee of eres, aes and on the lower branches of old ones 
spreading, 4-3 in. long, +,-;4, in. broad, linear, acute, narrowed into a very 
short broad Sion twisted petiole, flat, coriaceous ; midrib distinct. Leaves 
of old or fertile branchlets small and scale- like, densely quadrifariously 
imbricate and closely appressed, »~,-;4,in. long, triangular or rhomboid- 
triangular, obtuse, very thick and coriaceous, stoutly and prominently 
keeled on the back. Flowers dioecious. Males solitary, terminal, sessile, 
about din. long; anthers 4-6; connective ovate, obtuse. Female flowers 
near the tips of the branchlets. Nuts 1-2 (usually solitary), oblong, obtuse, 
striate, compressed, about ;4,1n. long.—Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 
653. D. Colensoi Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. 1 (1853) 234, and Handb. N.Z. Fl. 
(1864) 259 (not of Hook. Ic. Plant. t. 548); T. Kirk m Trans. N.Z. Inst. x 
(1878) 390; Forest Fl. (1889) t. 96. Podocarpus(?) biformis Hook. Ic. 
Plant. (1843) t. 544. 
Norte Istanp: Mountain districts from Tongariro and the Ruahine Mountains 
southwards, not common. South IsLanp, STEWART IstAnD: Not uncommon in 
mountain forests throughout. Usually from 2000 to 4500 ft., but descends to sea- 
level in the south-west of Otago and on Stewart Island. Yellow-pine ; Tar-wood. 
This is for the most part the D. Colensoi of the Flora and the Handbook; but, 
as shown elsewhere, not the plant originally described under that name by Sir W. J. 
Hooker. 
3. D. Bidwillii Hook. f. ec T. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. x (1878) 
388.—A closely branched erect or prostrate shrub 2-10 ft. high; lower 
branches spreading, sometimes reclinate and rooting; upper more erect, 
