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A very distinct species, of which little is known at present ; 

 found by Mr. Moor ; seldom growing more than forty feet 

 high, and with an erect compact head, in New Caledonia. 



It is very tender. 



No. 4. Dammara obtusa, Lindley, the obtuse-leaved 



Dammara. 



Syn. Dammara Brownii, Hort. 



Leaves, very variable in shape, but mostly oblong, rounded 

 at the ends, nearly four inches long, and one inch and a quarter 

 broad ; thick, leathery, of a dark glossy green, and without the 

 least trace of a point. Cones, oblong-cylindrical, with the 

 ends rounded, three inches long, and one inch and three-quar- 

 ters wide. Scales, convex at the ends, about four times as 

 broad as long, and quite different in that respect from the 

 spreading points of the New Zealand kind. 



A large tree, very similar in appearance to the New Zealand 

 Cowrie, from which it is distinguished by the size and form of 

 both its leaves and cones. It was found by Mr. Moor on the 

 Island of Aniteura, one of the New Hebrides. Timber, valuable 

 for ship-building. 



It is very tender. 



No. 5. Dammara Orientalis, Lambert, the Amboyna Pine. 

 Syn. Dammara alba, Rumyh. 

 „ ,, loranthifolia, Sjmch. 



„ Agathis loranthifolia, Salisbury. 

 „ „ Dammara, Richard. 



„ Abies Sumatrana, Desfont. 

 „ „ Dammara, Poiret. 

 „ Pinus Dammara, Lambert. 

 „ „ Sumatrana, Mirbel. 



Leaves, opposite, but sometimes alternate, ovate- oblong, at- 

 tenuated at the base, obtuse or rounded on the point, quite 

 entire, glabrous, of a thick leathery texture, and glaucous green, 

 from two to four inches long, and nearly one inch and a-half 



