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IV. 



CONIFERS. 



Tribe CUPRESSINE.E. 



Sub- tribe 2. Thuince. 

 2. Fitzroya. 



Female amenta of 2 pairs of opposite scales, with two erect ovules at the 

 base of each of the inner ones, not materially altering in the fruiting condition. 

 Seeds, 3-winged. 



(1.) F. Archeri, Benth. and Hook. f. 



An erect branched shrub of 4-5 feet on mountain tops in Tasmania, e.g., 

 Mount Pelion, Adamson Peak, Mount La Perouse, Mount Dundas, &c. 

 (Rod way). 



In Veitch's Manual it is spoken of as " a low tree with a trunk sometimes 

 15-18 inches in diameter, more frequently a much -branched erect shrub 5-12 

 feet high." So that it appears to grow much taller in England than in its 

 native habitat. It can only be expected to succeed in the coldest parts 

 of New South Wales. 



( 2.) F. patagonica, Hook. f. 



See Bot. Mag. t. 4616. 



Native of the western slopes of the southern Andes. It attains its greatest 

 development in southern Chili, where it is a tree of 100 feet and more. 



It is not a satisfactory subject for British gardens, and will be difficult to 

 manage here, but in view of its great botanical interest (allied as it is to a 

 Tasmanian species) it is well worthy of trial on the southern Monaro. 



Callitris. 



For some reason which is not clear to me, the genus Callitris ( Frenela) is 

 omitted from Yeitch's Manual.* It is the genus which consists of our 

 Cypress Pines, so enormously developed in Australia. The closely allied and 

 less important genus Actinostrobus is also omitted. 



The position of both genera is next to Fitzroya, where I have inserted them. 



I have figured the Cypress Pines in Part 12 of my " Forest Flora of New 

 South Wales," f and have dealt with them so fully that I do not intend to 

 repeat myself here. The following Cypress Pines may be enumerated, and 

 they are so beautiful and so obviously suited to various Australian soils and 

 climates that they should be extensively planted both for ornamental and 

 economic purposes. The timber is usually highly figured and full of resinous 

 matter. It is especially resistant to white ants. It is short in the grain, 

 and is deliciously aromatic. 



Its resin, " Australian Sandarac," is in no way different from the Sandarac 

 of North Africa, a valuable product. 



Sub-tropical and even tropical species of Araucaria are dealt with in that work, 

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