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market-price being about 50 the ton. The varnish made of it is 

 almost colorless. Recent vast destruction of Kauri-forests through 

 fire render the establishing of this tree elsewhere all the more 

 imperative. 



Dammara macrophylla, Lindley. 



Santa-Cruz Archipelagos. A beautiful tree, often 100 feet high, 

 resembling D. alba. 



Dammara Moorei, Lindley. 



New Caledonia, Height of tree about 50 feet. 



Dammara obtusa, Lindley. 



New Hebrides. A fine tree, resembling D. Australia, reaching 

 200 feet in height, with a long clear trunk. 



Dammara ovata. C. Moore. 



New Caledonia. This tree is rich in Dammar-resin. 



Dammara robusta, C. Moore.* (Agathis robusta, J. Hooker.) 



Queensland-Kauri. A tall tree, known only from the vicinity of 

 Buckingham's Bay, the mainland at Wide Bay and Fraser's Island. 

 It thrives well even in open, exposed, dry localities at Melbourne. 

 Height attaining 180 feet ; largest diameter of stem 6 feet ; wood 

 free from knots and easily worked. Market value 3 10s. for 1,000 

 superficial feet of timber. As much as 12,000 feet {superficial) of 



food timber have been cut from one tree, that not being the largest, 

 'he species closely allied to the Indian D. alba, and yields likewise 

 Dammar-resin. 



Dammara Vitiensis, Seernann. 



In Fiji. Tree to 100 feet high ; probably identical with Lindley's 

 D. longifolia. 



Danthonia bipartita, F. v. Mueller. 



From the interior of New South Wales and Queensland to West- 

 Australia. Available as a tender-leaved and productive perennial 

 grass, particularly for any desert-regions. 



Danthonia Cunningham!, J. Hooker. 



New Zealand. A splendid alpine fodder-grass, with large panicles ; 

 it attains a height of 5 feet, and forms tussocks. Pasture-animals 

 relish the young foliage and the flower-masses [ J. Buchanan] . 





Danthonia nervosa. J. Hooker. (Amphibromus Neesii, Steudel.) 



Extra-tropical Australia. One of the best perennial nutritious 

 Swamp-grasses. 



