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(3.) L. Donfana, End!. The " Kawaka." 



A forest tree of about 50 feet and more, found in the North Island of New 

 Zealand from Mongonui southwards to Hawke's Bay and Taranaki, from the 

 sea-level to 1,000 feet. 



It is not abundant, but its timber is much appreciated for ordinary building 

 purposes. 



Garden Palace Grounds. 



(4.) L. Bldwillii, Hook. f. " Pahautea " or " New Zealand Cedar." 



Very similar to the preceding species, but usually smaller; a shrub in sub- 

 alpine localities. 



Found in the North and South Islands of New Zealand, from Te Aroha 

 Mountain and Mount Egmont southwards to Foveaux Strait. 



" Often confounded with L. Doniana, but the obviously tetragonous 

 branchlets of the mature tree, with almost uniform leaves, are characteristic 

 and readily distinguish it." (Cheeseman.) 



Not in the Sydney Botanic Gardens. 



(5.) L. tetragona, Endl. 



An interesting Conifer from the western slopes of the Andes of southern 

 Chili. It inhabits the same region as Fitzroya patagonica and the foliage 

 of the two trees is much alike, so that the two trees have become confused by 

 travellers who have not closely examined them. 



"The climate of the region itinha' its is one of the most equable, and also 

 one of the most humid in the world ; for upwards of six months of the year 

 rain falls daily, and on rainless days the sky is sometimes overcast for weeks 

 together; the average summer temperature is about the same as that of 

 Great Britain, but the mean winter temperature is higher." (Veitch's 

 Manual.) 



Tribe TAXODINE^:. 

 6. Athrotaxis, Don. 



A genus of three species endemic in Tasmania and confined to the 

 Western Mountains. 



A. laxifolia is the most restricted, being only recorded from the Field 

 Range, near La Perouse. 

 Leaves 1-2 lines long. 



Leaves closely pressed to the stem, very obtuse . A. cupressoides. 



Leaves looser, acute A. laxifolia. 



Leaves 3-4 lines long A ,, da g ino i de ^ 



These Pines are handsome trees, and are worthy of cultivation in the coldest 

 parts of New South Wales. 



The genus is of special interest from a palaaobotanical point of vie*-. 



