PINACE^ 147 



This tree appears to have been confused with other species 

 by Bennett, who collected in New Caledonia, for he has recorded 

 it as surpassing A. robusta and A. Moorei both in size and in the 

 value of the wood. 



A. ovata was discovered in New Caledonia by Charles Moore, 

 and it has also been recorded from the Isle of Pines. 



Agathis Palmerstoni, Ferdinand von Mueller.^ 

 Northern Kauri Pine. 



A tall tree with a fine columnar trunk free from branches for 

 the greater part of its height. Bark | in. or more thick, resinous. 

 Leaves usually lance-shaped, 2-4 in. long and |-| in. wide but 

 sometimes ovate and rather larger, deep green, apex blunt, base 

 narrowed into a flat stalk about \ in. long. Male catkins solitary, 

 cylindrical, about 1 in. long. Cone egg-shaped, up to 5| in. 

 long and 4 in. wide ; scales numerous, closely overlapping, about 

 1 in. wide, thickened at the top. 



Distinguished from A. robusta by its smaller and narrower 

 leaves. 



It is found in the Mount Bartle Frere, Christie Palmerston, 

 and Mulgrave River districts of Queensland and its uses are 

 similar to those of A. robusta, from which it is probably only 

 geographically distinct. 



Agathis philippinensis, Warburg. 

 Philippine Island Kauri Pine. 



A tree 150-200 ft. high and 6-9 ft. in girth. Leaves up to 

 3 in. long, |-1 in. wide, oblong or slightly obovate, margins thick- 

 ened and recurved, stallcs about \ in. long, apex abruptly pointed 

 or rounded. Male catkins 1-lj in. long. Cones rounded, 3-4 

 in. across ; scales fan-shaped, 1 in. wide. Seeds about | in. 

 long, wing large, | in. across. 



Found in the Island of Paragua and in the province of Bataan, 

 Luzon, up to an altitude of 1,700 ft. It is a source of resin and 

 a good timber. 



Agathis regia, Warburg .^ 



A species allied to A. loranthifolia. Leaves broadly lance- 

 shaped, 3-3| in. long, 1^ in. wide, leathery, rounded at the apex, 

 narrowed at the base into a flattened stalk, i—i\) in. long, yV in. 

 wide. 3Iale catkins t in. long, i\, in. broad. Cone-scales about 

 liV in. long and 1,^-1 5 in. broad with a thickened apex. 



This plant differs from A. loranthifolia by its smaller male 

 catkins, but is doubtfully distinct. 



^ Victorian Naturalist, Juno, 1891, 45, 4(5. 

 ^ Monsunia, i, 183, t. viii, f. B. (1900). 



