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A HANDBOOK OF CONIFER.E 



Nelson and Marlborough in the South Island, ranging from sea- 

 level to 2,500 ft. 



Wood of good quality, straight-grained, strong, heavy, easy 

 to work, and useful for building purposes, masts, piles, mine 



Fig. 4:.—PHYLL0CLADUS TRICHOMANOIDES. 



a, spray with whorls of branchlets ; 6, bud and two mature cladodes ; c, young spray with 

 minute leaf-scales on the teeth of the cladodes, and large scales on the shoot. 



timbers, furniture, sleepers, and other purposes. Specimens at 

 Kew bear a striking resemblance to yew and such wood might 

 be effectively employed for parquet flooring, panelling, and 

 cabinet work. The bark contains from 23-28 per cent, of tannin, 

 and from it the Maoris obtain a bright red dye. Hides tanned 



