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characteristic columnar outline and dark green foliage make it 

 of considerable decorative value in gardens. It is perfectly 

 hardy, even on moist, heavy soils where Thuya plicata is some- 

 times injured by frost. The best trees are found in deep, moist, 

 but well-drained loamy soil where the climatic conditions are 

 moist and free from impurities. It may be propagated by seeds 

 and cuttings, the former being the better method. 



Clinton-Baker, Illust. Conif. ii, GG (1909). 



Libocedrus Doniana, Endhcher, 



Kawaka. 



A tree 60-100 ft. high, and 6-12 ft. in girth in New Zealand. 

 Bark fibrous, flaking off in stringy patches. Branchlets flattened. 

 Leaves in 4 rows and of 2 kinds, those in the lateral rows 

 larger than the facial rows ; young plants with lateral leaves about 

 5 in. long, the facial leaves about ^V in. long ; on old branchlets 

 they are more equal in size, adpressed and overlapping, the 

 larger about J— I in. long, the smaller about o\r in. long. Cones 

 |-| in. long ; scales 4, each with a spiny process springing from 

 the back just above the centre. Seeds small, 1 to each fertile 

 scale. 



Allied to L. chilensis, but differing in its less plumose branching 

 and in the spine-like process on the cone-scales. 



Native of the Northern Island of New Zealand, and also found 

 in the forests of the Bay of Islands. 



Wood fine-grained, often beautifully marked, dark red in 

 colour, durable, easily worked, and suitable for furniture, general 

 building work, posts, shingles, and other purposes. It is, however, 

 too scarce to be of much commercial value. 



Hardy in the warmest parts of England, such as S.W. Corn- 

 wall, where it may be grown under similar conditions to Cupressus 

 Laivsoniana. 



Libocedrus macrolepis, Bentham and Hooker. 



Calocedi'us macrolepis, Kuiz. 



A tree up to 100 ft. high, with a broadly pyramidal head. 

 Bark whitish, scaly. Leaves resembling those of L. decurrens, 

 but larger and thinner in texture ; those on the main shoots up 

 to I in. long, ending in a small spine, those of lateral shoots ^\ in. 

 long, about ^ in. wide, glaucous beneath, widening from base to 

 apex (giving the shoot a jointed appearance), terminated by 

 sharp teeth. Cones elliptical, |— | in. long, on short four-sided, 

 slender shoots up to 1^ in. long ; scales 6, resembling those of 

 L. decurrens. Seeds usually 1 to each fertile scale. 



Distinguished from L. decurrens by its wider branchlets and 

 larger leaves which are glaucous beneath. 



