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two, striate, compressed, blunt, about ,\_, in. long, with a fleshy 

 white aril. 



A native of New Zealand, where it occurs chiefly in subalpine 

 localities in the South Island and Stewart Island. 



D. Bidivillii is useful in checking erosion on mountain slopes 

 and the branches are used for firewood ; otherwise it is too small 

 to be of economic value. 



The plant does not appear to be in cultivation in Britain, 

 although it would probably thrive in the milder parts. 



Kirk, For. Fl. of New Zeal. 57, fig. 37 (1889). 



Dacrydium biforme, PiJger. 

 Manoao. 



Daoiydium Colensoi, Kirk [not Hooker]. 



A small tree 15-40 ft. high, with a short trunk 3-6 ft. in girth, 

 or becoming shrubby in alpine localities. Branches stout, clothed 

 with persistent leaves. Branchlets four-sided. Leaves on young 

 plants yew-like, spreading, linear, ^-| in. long, narrowed into a 

 short, twisted stalk ; those of older branchlets scale-like, densely 

 overlapping, closely pressed, ^V-iV in. long, blunt, very thick, 

 prominently keeled on the back. 3Iale flowers solitary, about 

 I in. long, at the tips of branchlets. Seeds solitary or rarely in 

 pairs, oblong, blunt, striate, compressed, about i',, in. long. 



A native of New Zealand, where it appears to be widely dis- 

 tributed in mountain forests and occasionally descends to sea- 

 level. 



This is the D. Colensoi of Kirk and other botanists, but not 

 the plant originally described under that name by Sir William 

 Hooker [Icon. Plant, t. 548). 



Wood yellowish-brown in colour, straight and even-grained, 

 strong and durable even in contact with the ground. It is used 

 locally for building purposes, railway sleepers, fence posts, and 

 other work. 



So far as we are aware it is not in cultivation in Britain, 

 although it might be expected to thrive in the milder parts of the 

 country. 



Kirk, he. cit. 189, f. 96, as D. Colensoi. Hooker, Icon. Plant, t. 544 (1843). 



Dacrydium Colensoi, Hooker. 

 Westland Pine 



Dacrydium westlandicvim. Kirk ; Silver Pine ; White Silver Pine. 



A tree resembling D. intermedium in habit, but taller and more 

 conical (up to 40-50 ft. high, with a trunk usually 4|-7| ft. in girth), 

 with a straighter, cleaner trunk and more slender branchlets. 

 Leaves of young plants lax, spreading, linear, l-\ in. long, gradu- 

 ally becoming shorter and more closely set with age and passing 



