PINACE^ 171 



Callitris propinqua, R. Brown. 



Frenela Moorci, Parlatore. 



A rare tree up to 60 ft. high with a dense branch system 

 divided into fine, compact sprays bearing very small, bright green 

 leaves. Cones egg-shaped, smooth or roughened, glaucous, 1-1|- 

 in. long ; scales 6, the smaller ones narrower, but only slightly 

 shorter than the large ones ; claw well developed. Seeds dark- 

 coloured, two-winged. 



Native of Kangaroo Island, S. Australia, and S.E. New South 

 Wales. It is too rare to be of any economic value. 



Callitris rhomboidea, R. Brown. 

 Illawarra Mountain Pine. 



Callitris ciipressiformis, Ventenat ; Frenela attenuata, A. Cunningham ; 

 F. rhomboidea, Endlicher ; F. triquetra, Spach ; Cupressus australis, 

 Desfontaine ; Thuja australis, Poirct ; T. articulata, Tenore. Cypress Pine. 



A small tree 30-50 ft. high and 3-4| ft. in girth of trunk, with a 

 narrow, dense head of branches divided into a mass of small, 

 slender spray. Leaves bright green, very small, closely pressed 

 to the branches throughout their length, terminating in a short 

 point. Cones globular, \-\ in. across, grey brown, on short, stout 

 stalks ; scales 6, thick, rhomboidal, smooth with a prominent, 

 pointed, central boss, the smaller ones about half the size of the 

 larger. Seeds brown, rounded, small, with two very narrow 

 wings. 



Found in restricted areas in Queensland and New South 

 Wales in the neighbourhood of Sydney. 



Timber used locally for buildings and poles, but not plentiful 

 enough to be of economic importance. 



Callitris robusta, R. Brown. 

 Common Cypress Pine. 



Callitris Preissii, INIiqiiel ; C. Suissii, Preiss ; Frenela robusta, A. Cun- 

 ningham; Widdringtonia equisctiformis, Masters; Black Pine; Dark 

 Pine ; Lachlan Pine ; Light Pine ; White Pine. 



A very useful tree up to 100 ft. high. Bark hard, dark brown, 

 furrowed. Branches erect, divided into numerous branchlets 

 and small spray. Leaves Ught green, very small, the tips blunt 

 and pressed close to the shoot. Cones in clusters, sesi^ile or very 

 shortly stalked, over 1 in. in diameter at the base, narrowing to 

 the apex, 2 in. wide when expanded ; scales thick, woody, taper- 

 ing to a blunt apex, covered externally with oil or resin tubercles, 

 the smaller scales about one-third shorter than the larger. 



The species is widely distributed in Western Australia, where 

 it is an important timber tree, the wood being light to dark 

 brown, moderately hard, straight -grained, and easily worked. 



