Specimen of the Botany of Neiv Zealand. 211 



2. Peperomia, Ruiz § Pav., Kunth. 



324. P. Urvilleana, foliis ovati-oblongis obtusis, basi attenuates subtriner- 

 viis membranaceis glabris, spicis lateralibus rectis filifqrmibus (solitariis), 

 caule filiformi erectiusculo subsarmentoso. A. Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel. p. 356. 



New Zealand (Middle Island), shores of Tasman's Bay. — 1S27, D'Urville. 

 (Northern Island), upon shady rocks on the sea-shore, &c. — 1834, R. Cun- 

 ningham. 



CONIFERiE, Juss. 



3. Dammara, Rumph., Lamb. 



325. D. australis, foliis alternis oppositisve lineari-oblongis ellipticisve 

 enerviis rigidis strobilis turbinatis, squamis apice patulis acutis. Don. in 

 Lamb. Pin. ed. 2. App. — Agathis australis. Salisb. in Linn. Tr. vol. viii. p.31 2. 

 Ijoud. Encycl. PL p. 802. — Podocarpus? zamisefolius. A. Rich. Fl. Nov. 

 Zel. p. 360. — Kauri or Kouri of the natives. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). Cook, Forster. In forests at the river 

 Thames, at Mercury Bay and along the coasts north of the Bay of Islands 

 and Wangaroa on the eastern side, and Hokianga on the western coast. — 

 1826, A. Cunningham. — 1834, R. Cunningham. It is said not to exist on 

 the Middle Island. 



The most important among the timbers of these islands, inhabiting 

 dark forests, as well on the coasts as remote from the sea- shore, 

 where it is to be observed from 50 to 100 feet high ; the trunk, at the 

 base of such, varying from six to twelve feet in diameter. The timber 

 is of excellent quality, close-grained, durable, and applicable to a 

 variety of purposes, in house carpentry, as well as in plank or spar 

 for naval uses. As yards and topmasts for ships, it has been found, 

 by repeated trials, superior to all others, both as regards strength 

 and flexibility. The tree yields a large quantity of a white and 

 amber- coloured resin, which burns with a bright flame, diffusing an 

 agreeable smell. This resin is called by the natives " Vare," and is 

 used by them as a masticatory. It is also burnt for the soot, which 

 the smoke deposits in abundance, and from which pigment, called 

 by these people Ngarahu, is obtained the colouring substance em- 

 ployed by them in the operation of tattooing their persons. 



4. Phyllocladus, R. Br., Rich. Con if. p. 129. 

 326. P.* trichomanoides, frondibus pinnatis, foliolis cuneatis inciso-lobatr, 

 lobis truncatis dentatis. Don. in Lamb. Pin. edit. 2. App. Rich. Con if. 



* Species altera hujus generis est : 



P. rhomboidalis, frondibus rhomboideis lineatis inciso-serratis, inferioribus 

 connatis decurrentibus. Don. in Lamb. Pin. ed. 2. App. Rich. Conif. 

 p. 129. f. 3. — Podocarpus asplenifolius. Labill. Nov. Holl. 2. p. 71. t. 221. 

 Parsley-leaved or Adventure-Bay Pine, Colonis. 



Hab. In Insula Van Diemen, ad Adventure Bay, &c. — 1 793, /. /. Labil- 

 lardiere. — 1819, A. Cunningham. 



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