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by the Maories in localities formerly covered with 
Kauri forests; pieces, weighing one hundred pounds, 
have been found in such places. 
Dammara macrophylla, Lindl.—Santa Cruz Archi- 
pelagus. A beautiful tree, one hundred feet high, 
resembling D. alba. 
Dammara Moorei, Lindl.—New Caledonia. Height 
of tree about fifty feet. 
Dammara obtusa, Lindl.—New Hebrides. A fine 
tree, two hundred feet high ; witha Jong, clear trunk; 
resembling D. Australis. 
Dammara ovata, Moore.—New Caledonia. This 
tree is rich in Dammar resin. 
Dammara robusta, Moore.—Qeensland Kauri. A 
tall tree, known from Rockingham’s Bay and Wide 
Bay. It thrives well even in open, exposed, dry lo- 
callties at Melbourne. 
Dammara Vitiensis, Seem.—In Fiji. Tree one hun- 
dred feet high; probably identical with Lindley’s D. 
longifolia. 
Fitzroya Patagonica, Hooker, fil—Southern parts of 
Patagonia and Chile. -A stately tree, one hundred 
feet high, up to fourteen feet in diameter of stem. 
The wood is red, almost imperishabie in the open air 
or under ground; it does not warp, and is easy to 
split. It comes into commerce in boards seven feet 
long, eight inches wide, one half inch thick, and is 
used for roofing, deals, doors, casks, etc. The outer 
bark produces a strong fibre used for caulking ships. 
Like many other trees of colder regions, it would re- 
quire here to be planted in our mountain forests. 
Frenela Actinostrobus, Muell. (Actinostrobus pyr- 
amidalis, Miqg.)—From 8. W. Australia. Though only 
