144 A HANDBOOK OF CONIFERS 



the open rocky plain it is said to be remarkable for its yellowish 

 colour. In woods the foliage is green and the tree taller than 

 40 ft. 



Kew BuUetin, No. 9, 332 (1914). 



Agathis lanceolata, Pancher. 



Dammara lanceolata, Pancher. 



A large tree with a clean bole, often rising to a height of 50 

 ft. before branching. Crown irregular, dense, of a rich shade of 

 green, with straight ascending branches. Bark reddish-brown, 

 smooth, scaUng off in thin flakes. Young shoots compressed or 

 quadrangular, terminated by buds ^^ in. in diameter, composed 

 of numerous overlapping scales. Leaves large, opposite, ascend- 

 ing and overlapping, or spreading at right-angles, lance-shaped 

 or narrowly oblong, with a short-pointed apex, and narrowing 

 gradually at the base, l|-5 in. long, |-| in. wide, leathery, the 

 surface marked with close longitudinal nerves, dark glossy green 

 above, paler and duller below, margins thickened and recurved. 

 Male catkins inserted above the leaf -axils in opposite pairs, cylin- 

 drical, about 1 in. long and ^ in. in diameter, on short, stout, 

 woody stalks. Mature copies not known. 



A. lanceolata is closely allied to A. Moorei, from which it is 

 distinguished by its narrower, longer, and relatively thicker leaves. 

 It is only found upon serpentine formations. 



Sebert {Notice sur les Bois de la Nouvelle Caledonie, 169, 

 1874) records it as occurring in high forests from Yenguene to 

 South Bay in New Caledonia, and states that one tree yielded 

 19 cubic metres of timber. Compton says that it is the character- 

 istic tree of high forest on serpentine below 1,000 ft. altitude 

 throughout the southern half of New Caledonia. 



Wood apparently similar in quality to that of A. robusta. It 

 is being exploited in various places, notably at the Bale des 

 Pirogues.^ The seeds are edible and the tree also produces an 

 immense quantity of a yellowish, translucent, fragrant resin, 



Agathis loranthifolia, Salisbury. 

 Amboyna Pitch Teee. 



Agathis Dammara, Richard ; Dammara alba, Rumphius. 



A tree 120 ft. high and 18 or more ft. in girth, with a pyramidal 

 crown of sub-pendent branches. Bark thick, resinous, reddish- 

 grey. Young shoots hght, duU green, angled. Terminal buds 

 rounded, with a few closely pressed scales. Leaves persisting 

 several years, dark green, leathery, 2|-5 in. long |— 2 in. wide, 

 often smaller on coning branches ; broadly lance-shaped, or 



1 Compton, Journ. Linn. Soc. XLV, 430 (1922). 



