



Brown Pine or Yellow Pine. 



(Podocarpus elata, R.Br.) 



It is a straight-growing tree in its native habitat, giving out few lateral branches, and 

 consequently some fine planks can be procured of it. The timber is at first white, but tones down 

 on exposure to a very pale brown. It is light in weight, soft, close grained, dresses beautifully, 

 and is altogether a first-class pale-coloured timber for panelling, but when found with a figure, 

 as occasionally happens, it is especially attractive. A column of this latter exhibited in the 

 Museum is very beautiful. It is also suitable for wood carving, and is a useful, serviceable 

 timber in either joinery or furniture, or internal decoration of railway cars, seasoning well, 

 and is fairly strong for a Pine. 



Description of the Tree. One of the largest trees of the brushes of the North Coast 

 district of New South Wales and Southern Coast district of Queensland, where it attains 

 a height of over 100 feet. Leaves variable in length, measuring from 2 to 6 inches and 

 occasionally 9 inches long, and about J to J inch broad, oblong, lanceolate, obtuse, midrib 

 alone prominent, shortly petiolate. Male amenta, two or three together, sessile up to 

 2 inches long, subtended by short bracts. Female amentum very short, 4 cm. long, 

 solitary in the lower axils of the leaves. Fruiting receptacle ij cm. long, with one ovoid 

 or globular seed ij cm. in diameter. 



Geographical Range. It has rather a limited area of distribution, occurring as it 

 does only in brushes of the East Coast of the continent. 



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