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(8.) A. loranthtfoli", Salisb. (Dammara orientnlis, Lamb.) " Amboyna 

 Pine." See Bot. May. t. 5359. 



Native of the Moluccas. Yields the well-known resin called " Dammar." 



Tender in the Sydney district, and doing fairly well with us. It certainly 

 should be tried in north-eastern New South Wales. 



M 17 (Sydney Botanic Gardens). 



13, Araucaria, Jussieu. 



Confined to temperate South America, Eastern Australia, and the Pacific 

 Islands. A most desirable group of plants for coastal New South Wales. 



(1.) A. Bidwilli, Hook. The "Bunya Bunya." 



Native of South Queensland. A large tree which does well in the coast 

 districts in good, deep soil, with shelter. It is creeping inland. It is a very 

 handsome and desirable tree for the middle of a plantation. The large seeds 

 were formerly used as food by the aborigines. 



L 7, 15, 35 (Sydney Botanic Gardens). 



(2.) A. Cunningham ii, Ait. " Moreton Bay or Richmond River Pine." 



Our one New South Wales Araucaria, and, in my v ; ew, a beautiful species. 

 Like most species of this genus, its branches are verticillate, and it carries 

 the gre iter number of its leaves towards the ends of them, which gives to it a 

 somewhat unusual tufted appearance. The bark, which is somewhat thin in 

 young specimens, and deciduous, leaves the tree, not in longitudinal, but in 

 vertical strips. The natural habit of this tree can be altered to some extent 

 by a judicious use of the pruner, in cutting back the ends of the longest 

 branches, and so inducing a back growth, which has the effect o: a comj>acter 

 habit. Great care requires to be exercised in the operation. 



This tree yields a large proportion of the White Pine timber used in this 

 State. It is, however, inferior to the Lest American and Baltic timbers. 



M. 25, L 8 (Sydney Botanic Gardens. 



Var. glauca (A. glauca, Antoine). See Gard. CJiron., 1888, 685, fig. 90. 



The botanical position of this tree demands further inquiry, and its differ- 

 ence, if any, from the New Guinea A. Beccari, Warburg, requires thorough 

 investigation. 



Wide Bay district of Queensland and coastal Queensland generally. 



It does not make a very handsome tree in Sydney, being much stiffer 

 growing than the normal species, but it is well worthy of extended trial in 

 the warmer coast districts. 



L 23 g (Sydney Botanic Gardens). 



(3.) A. exceha, R.Br. " Norfolk Island Pine." 



Native of Norfolk Island, as is name denotes. 



Largely used in New South Wales for planting in the vicinity of the sea 

 for shelter and other purposes. A very hardy tree in the coastal districts, 

 and often planted as a specimen tree. It does well in the Sydney district, 

 and is, indeed, the most popular member of the genus for general planting in 

 coastal New South Wales. 



U 3, 8 ; M 13, 18 ; L I, 8, 13, 18, 22, 29 (Sydney Botanic Gardens). 



