Podocarpus spinulosus (Sm.) R.Br. ex Mirb.

Shrub c. 1m high with weak straggling branches. Leaves linear, rigid, pungent-pointed, 4–6 cm long. Male cones 4–6 mm long, sessile in axillary clusters. Seeds 8–12 mm diam. Coast in sheltered places; Blue Mts in gullies