Gymnosperms
Ovules (and seeds) borne naked on sporophylls (or on scales projecting from sporophylls, which are usually arranged in cones. Microsporophylls bearing the pollen sacs also arranged in cones. Pollen deposited directly on the ovule Gymnosperms
Leaves all ± the same
Leaves less than 1 cm long, often reduced to decurrent scales. Seeds in cones
Spreading shrubs. Seed-cones c. 3 mm long, scarcely woody Podocarpaceae
Leaves 10–150 mm long Podocarpus
Tall or small tree with fibrous bark. Leaves oblong-linear to linear-lanceolate, 5–15 cm long, 6–12 mm wide. Male cones 2–3 cm long, several together, sessile, in axillary clusters. Seeds 8–12 mm diam.; the fleshy receptacle sometimes 18 mm diam. Coast, e.g. Illawarra district. RF and gullies. Grown for ornamental purposes. Plum Pine Podocarpus elatus