Notes on Tasmanian Pines.I-Some Lower Tertiary Podocarps

Abstract

Podocarps from a new locality are described under the following names, Podocarpus strzelecki- anus sp. nov. (Eupodocarpus), P. tasmanicus sp. nov. (Stachycarpus), P. setiger sp. nov. (Dacry- carpus), P. goedei sp. nov. and P. acicularis sp. nov. (of unknown Section), Microstrobus sommervillae sp. nov. and C01'Onelia molinae Florin. Of these P. tasmanicus, P. strzeleckianus, and Coronelia moli- nae represent sections or genera previously un- known in Tasmania, M. sommervillae represents the first fossil record of Mierostrobus. Some features of the distribution of the Podocarpaceae are discussed.