168 A HANDBOOK OF CONIFER.E 



Cones large, solitary, round, flattened above and below, up to \\ 

 in, in diameter, on short stout stalks ; scales 6, very thick and 

 woody, the smaller ones about half the size of the larger, the 

 surface smooth or slightly roughened, the claw indistinct. Seeds 

 dark brown ; wings very variable in size and shape. 



A very local species, found only on Tal Tal Mountain and 

 Gowie Range, Bylong, Rylstone, New South Wales. Originally 

 discovered by Mr. J. Dawson in 1893. 



The timber is described as straight-grained with a pleasing 

 figure, and suitable for indoor carpentry and panelling. 



Growing naturally on rocky ridges, it is recommended for 

 afforesting barren places in Australia. 



Callitris intratropica, Bentham and Hooker fil. 



Frenela intratropica, F. v. Mueller ; F. robusta, var. microcarpa, 

 Bentham. 



A tree up to 60 ft. high, somewhat resembling C. arenosa, but 

 the internodes not ridged. Leaves glaucous, the free part spread- 

 ing and shortly pointed. Cones spherical, wrinkled, under | in. 

 in diameter ; scales alternately large and small, comparatively 

 thin, the point near the apex fairly prominent. Seeds 1, 2, and 

 3-winged. 



Found in the northern part of the Northern Territory and the 

 N.W. coast of W. Austraha. 



Wood dark coloured, heartwood reddish brown ; uses as in 

 C. glauca. Owing to the presence of a large percentage of oil 

 and phenol it is one of the best white- ant-resisting species. The 

 wood has been suggested for railway sleepers and is in great 

 request in the Port Darwin district. 



Callitris Macleayana, Bentham and Hooker fil. 

 Port Macquarie Pine. 



Callitris Parlatorei, F. v. Mueller ; Frenela Macleayana, Parlatore ; 

 Leichhardtia Macleayana, Sheph, ; Octoclinis Macleayana, F. v. Mueller, 

 Stringybark. 



A tall, pyramidal tree sometimes 150 ft. high and 9-12 ft. in 

 girth, but usually much smaller. Bark red, fibrous, stringy. 

 Branchlets prominently three-angled owing to the arrangement of 

 the leaves. Leaves of two kinds, bright green, needle-like, often 

 in whorls of 4, |-| in. long, usually occurring on the lower 

 branches ; or reduced to minute scales on the higher shoots. 

 Cones solitary, large, ovoid or pyramidal, 1 in, long and 1 in. 

 wide at the base, narrowing to a pointed apex, on stalks 1 in. 

 long ; scales 6-8, thick, woody, pointed, almost equal in size, 

 grooved on the back with a reflexed point near the apex. Seeds 

 with a well- developed wing. 



