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No. 8. Dammara robusta, Moore, the Robust New Holland 



Dammara. 



Syn. Dammara Brownii, Hovt. 

 Bidwillii, Hovt. 



Leaves somewhat opposite, subdistich, oval-lanceolate, rather 

 blunt at the points, on very short, twisted foot-stalks, bright 

 glossy green, and from three and a half to four inches long, 

 and from one to one inch and a half broad. Cones oval, with 

 the ends rounded and somewhat depressed, and from three and 

 a half to four inches long, and from two to three inches wide. 

 Scales broad, obovate-rhomboid, thickened at the apex, very 

 obtuse, or somewhat truncate, at the ends, and one inch and a 

 quarter long, and nearly one inch and a half wide. Seeds half 

 an inch long and a quarter of an inch wide, with an ample 

 wing three-quarters of an inch long. 



A fine tree, varying in height from 85 to 70 feet, with the 

 branches in whorls of from five to ten in number, found on the 

 north-east part of New Holland, at Dusky Bay. 



No. 9. Dammara Vitiensis, Seemami, the Feejee Island 



Dammara. 



Syn. Dammara longifolia, Lindley. 



Leaves more or less opposite, subdistich, oblong or oval- 

 lanceolate, rounded at the base, on short twisted foot-stalks, 

 bright green above, somewhat glaucous beneath, slightly re- 

 volute on the margins, and from two and a half to five inches 

 long, and from one-half to one inch and three-quarters broad. 

 Cones ovate-globose, rounded at the ends, and from three to 

 three inches and three-quarters long, and three inches wide. 

 Scales oval, thickened at the apex, and either rounded or some- 

 what acute at the ends, and one inch broad. 



A splendid tree, from 40 to 100 feet high, with large and very 

 variable leaves, found on the mountains of Nisarim, and other 

 parts of the Viti or Feejee Islands. 

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