PINACE^ 169 



C. Macleayana is confined to the coast region of New South 

 Wales north of Newcastle to Queensland. 



Wood pale brown in colour, straight-grained, without figure, 

 slightly fragrant, easily worked. It is suitable for cabinet-work, 

 indoor finish of houses, fencing and panelling. 



The tree is suitable for forests as well as for ornamental 

 purposes. 



Callitris Morrisoni, R. T. Baker. 

 Morrison's Cypress Pine. 



A small tree 20-30 ft. high. Branchlets erect, divided into 

 very fine spray, internodes short. Leaves small, scale-like, 

 glaucous, blunt. Cones solitary or in clusters, globular, J-| in. in 

 diameter, smooth, grey in colour, on short, sturdy stalks ; scales 6, 

 alternate ones much smaller and more regularly triangular than 

 the others. Seeds two-winged. 



Native of S.W. Australia, where it grows in rocky places. 

 Originally brought to notice in 1903 by Dr. A. Morrison, Govern- 

 ment Botanist of Western Australia, although specimens had 

 been collected much earher and confused with other species. 



Callitris Muelleri, Bentham and Hooker fil. 

 Illawarra Pine. 



Frenela fruticosa, A. Cunningham ; F. Muelleri, Parlatore. 



A tree of close, columnar, or fastigiate habit, up to 50 ft. 

 high, with a dense crown of foliage. Bark hard, close, black. 

 Branches rising at an acute angle with the trunk, branchlets dense 

 with long internodes, appearing angled from the clasping leaf 

 bases. Leaves somewhat spreading, olive-green, longer than in 

 most species, the free ends rather blunt. Cones solitary or several 

 together, rounded with a flattened apex, |-1| in. wide ; scales 6, 

 woody, the larger ones oblong and blunt, the smaller ones tri- 

 angular and pointed. Seeds 2, rarely three -winged. 



A rare species confined to a few localities in New South Wales. 

 Timber not available in sufficient quantity to be of any com- 

 mercial value. 



Callitris oblonga, Richard. (Fig. 33.) 

 Tasmanian Cypress Pine. 



Callitris Gunnii, Hooker fil ; Frenela australis, R. Brown ; F, Gunnii, 

 Endlicher ; F, variabilis, Carriere ; F, macrostachya, Gordon. Native 

 Cypress. 



An erect bush or small tree of symmetrical outline, up to 25 ft. 

 high, with numerous branchlets divided into a dense mass of fine 

 spray. Leaves very small, the free upper portion triangular 

 acute, the lower closely pressed and forming angled internodes 

 Cones solitary or in clusters, conical, the apex much narrowed 



