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Pine) is not large, about 50 feet high, and 24 feet in diameter; 
but, from the New Zealanders’ account, its chief value resides 
in its resisting rottenness. In appearance, it somewhat re- 
sembles the Kahikatea (Dacrydium excelsum) ; and I venture 
to suppose that it may constitute a new and connecting genus 
between PAgyilocladus and Dacrydium. This, however, you 
will ascertain. I did intend, if this Pine should be considered 
the type of a new genus, to name it Allania, after my dear 
and much-lamented friend, Allan Cunningham ; but I find 
that Schomburgk has preceded and anticipated me in this 
matter. I leave, of course, the bestowing of an appellation, 
to you. I also send a specimen of the wood. The bark on 
the trunk is deciduous, but not like that of the Totara, which 
is fibrous ; this is only scaly and brittle, as in the Dammara 
Australis. Subsequently, on the same range of hill, I saw two 
other of these Pines, of nearly similar size. 
“I send you a specimen, preserved in acid, of a splendidly- 
flowering orchideous plant, which grows parasitically in dense 
woods of the interior. It bears some resemblance to Earina 
mucronata, and possesses a powerful and diffusive fragrance. 
There are also some specimens of the vegetation from the 
summit of Tongariro, a very high and volcanic mountain near 
the centre of the island ; some of which grew amid the eter- 
nal snows which clothe the cloud-capt summit of the cone. 
Among them is a £rue Pine (Podocarpus Totara), perfectly. 
formed, with root, foliage, and fruit, yet only three inches 
high! The branches of this pigmy tree were brachiate and 
recumbent, and formed a circle of a foot in diameter. A 
friend, who lives at Rotorua, one of our Mission stations, 
about three days’ journey from Tongariro, gathered and gave 
me these minute specimens, having himself performed the 
adventurous journey to the top of this voleano ; and I cheer- 
fully resign them to you; hoping they will all prove new, and 
living in the expectation of visiting those parts myself in 
January next. 
Ferns are particularly numerous and lovely. A beauti- 
ful Todea, probably hitherto undescribed, and which I have 
