Nageia (Podocarpus) Totara, Don.^*

New Zealand. A fine tree, 120 feet high, with a stem of 20 feet in circumference; it is called mahogany pine by the colonists. The 'reddish close-grained and durable wood is valuable both for building and for furniture, and is also extensively used for telegraph posts; it is considered the most valuable timber of New Zealand. Many other tall timber trees of the genus Podocarpus or Nageia occur in various parts of Asia, Africa and Amcrica, doubtless all desirable, but the quality of their timber is not well known, though likely in many cases excellent. Nageia is by far the oldest published name of the genus.