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(1843) t, 549, 550, 551; Hook f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 235; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 
(1864) 259; 7. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. x (1878) 381; Forest Fl. (1889) 
t. 6,7; Pilger in Pflanzenr. iv, 5 (1903) 97; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 
658; Jil. N.Z. Fl. ii (1914) 190. P. rhomboidalis A. Rich. Fl. Nowv. Zel. 
(1832) 363 (not of L. C. Rich.). 
Nort Istanp: In forests from the North Cape to Taranaki and Hawke’s Bay, 
not uncommon. Sours Istanp: Northern portions of Nelson and Marlborough, 
advancing along the West Coast as far south as Westport. Sea-level to 2500 ft. 
Tanekaha ; Toatoa ; Celery-leaved Pine. 
Wood white, close-grained, free from knots and other defects, very serviceable 
for sleepers, piles, the timbers of bridges, and probably for general building purposes, 
Bark often used for tanning, and by the Maoris for the preparation of a red dye. 
2. P. glaueus Carr. Trait. Gen. Conif. (1855) 502.—A small hand- 
some tapering tree 25-40 ft. high ; branches stout, whorled ; trunk 12-18 in. 
diam., rarely more. Cladodes or flattened leaf-like branchlets alternate 
and distichous on a rhachis 4-12 in. long, glaucous when young, 1-24 in. 
long, rhomboid or obliquely ovate-cuneate, extremely coriaceous, deeply 
or coarsely toothed or lobed, lobes obtuse or acute. True leaves on 
seedling plants $—-1 in. long, linear, obtuse, membranous ; on mature plants 
chiefly developed at the base of the young rhachises and falling away very 
early. Flowers dioecious or monoecious. Males very numerous, in fascicles 
of 10-20 at the tips of the branches, 3-1 in. long, on stout peduncles of equal 
length. Female flowers forming globose heads terminating short stout 
distichous peduncles (modified cladodes) springing from the rhachis below 
the cladodes; fully ripe heads 4in. long. Nuts 8-20, compressed, about 
din. long, half exserted beyond the thickened scales; aril cupular.— 
T. Kirk wm Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1 (1868) 149, and x (1878) 380; Forest Fl. 
(1889) t. 98, 99; Palger in Pflanzenr. iv, 5 (1903) 95; Cheesem. Man. 
N.Z. Fl. (1906) 658. 
Nortu Istanp: Mongonui County, H. Carse/ between Whangape and Hokianga, 
7’. Kirk! between Hokianga and the Northern Wairoa, Petrie / Puhipuhi Forest, R. Mair! 
Great Barrier Island, Omaha, 7’. Kirk! Waitakerei Ranges and Birkdale (near Auckland), 
T. F.C. ; from Cape Colville to the Thames goldfields and Te Aroha, 7’. Kirk! Adams! 
Ti F.C. ; Wairoa South, 7’. Kirk! near Titiraupenga, 7’. F.C. ; Rainbow Mountain (near 
Waiotapu), #. Phillips Turner ! Sea-level to 2000 ft. T'oatoa. 
A very distinct species, quite the most handsome of the New Zealand Taxads, and 
easily recognized by the robust branches, very large cladodes, and large female flowers. 
Carriére’s description, founded on garden specimens of doubtful origin cultivated in 
France, hardly agrees with wild specimens, but probably refers to the same species. 
3. P. alpinus Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 235, t. 53—A shrub or 
small tree, usually from 8-25 ft. high, but in exposed alpine localities 
often reduced to a bush of 3-6ft.; branches numerous, short, stout, 
spreading; trunk short, 6-14in. diam. Cladodes simple, crowded, 
spreading, 3-l$in. long, variable in shape, linear-oblong to oblong- 
rhomboid, obtuse or acute, very coriaceous, glaucous, lobed or pinnatifid, 
lobes usually obtuse. True leaves on seedling plants linear, }-4 in. long. 
Flowers monoecious. Males in fascicles of 2-5 at the tips of the branchlets, 
z-gin. long; peduncles short, sometimes almost wanting. Females 
forming globose heads towards the base of the cladodes or on the margins 
of modified ones. Fully ripe heads about 4in. diam.; scales fleshy, bright- 
red. Nuts small, compressed, exserted beyond the scales; aril cupular, 
margin irregularly lobulate.— Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 260; J. Kirk in 
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