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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUAl. 



PART III. 



harder than that of any of the New Zealand Coniferse, and is much valued 



either for planks or spars. In colour it is an intermixture of white and 



red ; and no green resin exudes from it. The fruit, which is a small red 



berry, containing a black seed, is eaten by the natives. The tree is not 



abundant, having its habitat only in particular districts. Dacrydium 



cupressinura was introduced into England in 18-25, and there are now 



plants in several collections. From its native country, we think it not un- 

 likely to prove hardy ; and, without doubt, it will stand our winters against 



a wall, with very little protection. It is propagated by cuttings, like heaths. 

 p. iazifdlium Soland., Lam. Pin., ed. 2., No. 69., is mentioned in Cap. 



tain Cook's First Voyage as growing in swamps, and forming a very tall 



tree, with a leaf not unlike a yew, and berries in small bunches. Captain 



Cook's carpenter thought it fit for masts for vessels of any size. It has 



not yet been introduced. 

 D. exc^lmm Don, Lara. Pin., ed. 2., the kahikatea, or swamp pine, 



was observed by the late Mr. Richard Cunningham on the Hokianga 



River, in January, 1834, " laden with the climbing freycinetia, whose 



rooting rope-like stem, with here and there a tuft of leaves, wound itself 



spirally to the summits of those straight and lofty trees." (Comp. to Bot. 



Mag., ii. p. 217.) Mr. George Bennett says that this species attains a height 



of from 120 ft. to 130 ft., with a trunk from 12 tX to 18 ft. in diameter, being 



the loftiest timber tree in New Zealand. The wood is soft, and used for 



making the common canoes ; the great length of the trunk enabling 



them to be constructed of a large size for carrying provisions. 

 D. ? plumdsum D. Don, the kawaka of the New Zealanders, is a tree 



attaining the height of 60ft. or 70ft., and regularly furnished with 



branches, which, Mr. Bennett informs us, is the meaning ,of the name 



given to It by the natives. The timber is red, and of an excellent quality 



for either plank or spar. 



D. elitum Wall, Juniperus el^ta Roxb., is a lofty evergreen tree, a native of Pulo-Penang. Intro- 

 duced in 18.'30. There are plants at Messrs. Loddiges's, and a very handsome one in Knight's Exotic 



Nursery, King's Road, Chelsea. 

 Phylidcladis Rich. Mem Conif , p. 129. ; PodocArpus 



sp. LabUl. This is a monoecious genus, with small obscure 



male and female flowers in separate catkins. The fruit 



resembles that of T'axus. Only one species is known. 



P. rhomboiddlis Rich. M<5m. Conif., p. 2.S. t. 3. f 2. and 

 our figs. 20(i2,2(X)3. ; PodocarpusasplenifTjIius Lahitl. Spe- 

 cim. Nov. Hotl., 2. p. 71. t. 221. A branchy tree, according 



to Labillardifere, from 40 ft. to 50 ft. in height. The 

 branches are spreading ; the leaves angular, with foliaceous 

 wing-like appendages at their base, and varying so much 

 in the manner in which they are cut, as occasionally to 



appear pinnatifid. At their apex, there are sometimes 

 little leafy appendages, which at length become leaves. 

 The flowers are moncecious ; the wale and female on 

 different branches, and terminal. The leaves appear to be 

 compressed branches, in manner of those of Xylophylla. 

 It is a native of Cape Van Diemen ; and only dried speci- 

 mens have hitherto been introduced. 



P. In'chomaniildcs R.;Br., and D. Don in Lamb. Pin., ed. 

 2., vol. ii., the tanakaa of the natives, is described by Mr. 

 G. Bennett, as having pinnate frondose leaves, and at- 

 taining the height of from 60 ft to 70ft., with a trunk 



from 14 ft. to 16 ft in circumference. The timber is hard, and »o heavy that it sinks a, v*.uci. The 

 bark is used by the natives for dyeing the New Zealand flax of a red or black colour ; the black New 



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Zealand mats being dyed by simply immersing them in a decoction of the bark of this tree. Mr. 

 Richard Cunningham describes P. /richomandldes as of " graceful regular growth," and as " fur- 

 nishing an exceedingly valuable timber, which is much sought after for the decks of ships." {Comp. 

 to the Bot. Mag., u. p. 218.) 



