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12. Agathis, Salisbury (Syn. Dammara, Lambert). 



(1.) A. australis, Salisb. (Dammar a trust ralis, Lambert.) " Kauri Pine. 



Peculiar to the North Island of New Zealand. The well-known timber- 

 tree, yielding also a valuable recent and fossil resin called Kauri Gum. See 

 Kirk's " Forest Flora of New Zealand." It does not do well in such soil 

 and conditions as we are able to give it in the Botanic Gardens. I do not 

 know an old tree in the Sydney district. 



(2.) A. robustct. Mast. (Dammara robusta, C. Moore). "Queensland 

 Kauri" or "Dundathu Pine." 



A very tall tree in dense forest country, chiefly near Wide Bay, Queens- 

 land ; a broad-foliaged species. It grows fastest and the tallest of all species 

 of Agathis in eastern New South Wales. 



U 2 K, M 17, L 19 (Sydney Botanic Gardens). 



(3.) A. Palmerstoni, F.v.M. "Cairns Kauri Pine." 



A tall tree from Northern Queensland, consider*- d to be nearest to A . 

 Moorei. The leaves are much smaller than those of A. robu&ta. 



It is worth trying in good soil in the North Coast districts. It is not in 

 the Sydney Botanic Gardens at present. 



(4.) A. Moorei, Mast. (Dammara Moorti, Lindl.). See Journ. Sort. Soc.> 

 1851. 



New Caledonia. In the Sydney district it forms a compact growth, and 

 is the handsomest of the species with us. 



M 17 (Sydney Botanic Gardens). 



(5.) A. ovata n. sp.* (Dammara ovata, C. Moore), ex Gordon, Pinetum 

 Suppl. 23. (See also Gordon's Pinetum, 1880 edition, p. 112.) 



New Caledonia. A tree of medium size, allied to A. Mooret, but smaller 

 than that species, and of slower growth in the Sydney district. 



M 17, 28 (Sydney Botanic Gardens). 



(6.) A. obtusa, Mast. (Dammara obtusa, Lindl.). 



A broad-foliaged species after the r obits fa type, from the New Hebrides. 

 Only does fairly well in the Sydney district so far. 



There is no doubt that it would do far better given good soil, shelter, and 

 room to spread and make a tree. This remark applies to most of the species 

 of Agathis in the Sydney Botanic Gardens, which are crowded with other 

 plants. 



M 17, L 25 b (Sydney Botanic Gardens). 



(7.) A. vitiensis, Mast. (Dammara vitiensis, Seem.). Mueller says it is 

 probably identical with D. longifoUa, Lindl. The " Dakua " of Fiji. 



A noble Kauri Pine, figured in Seemarm's FL Vitiensis. It yields resin, as 

 well as a useful timber. 



Does very well in the Sydney district, and fruits abundantly, though it 

 does not produce fertile seeds. It is, of course, from a tropical country, and 

 does not attain full development here. 



M 17 (Sydney Botanic Gardens). 



* This species-name does not appear to have been previously employed by botanists. 



