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TIN \< I I 





Pumilio ; a i Fragrant resin fi Araucaria In 



copal from Danunara australis ; Bourdeaux turpentine from r 



balsam from I'. Pinca ; Strasburg turpcntino from Al .■ I' 



Silver Fir; Canadian balsam from Abies balsamca, or ii" Balm 



common Larch yields Venetian turpentine ; a aaccharini matter calli 



rim exudes from tin- branches, and when tin- Larch i 



issues from the trees during their combustion, which is tei 



and which i> wholly soluble in water Like gum-arabic. Liquid si 



In- yielded by 1 1 1 < - Dammar Pine. Sandarach, a whitish yellow, brittl . 



resinous substance, with an acrid aromatic taste, is said bj Thomson I 



J uniperus communis ; but upon the authority ol Brougniart :. 



tears of Callitris quadrivalvis. I have seen a plank two fe< I wid 



which is called the Arar Tree in Barbary. The » I i^ considered bj tin I 



destructible, and they use it tor the ceilings and floors of their ra i 



from which Bpruce beer i-- made i- an extract "l the branches ol the \ 

 Hemlock Spruce, and of Abies nigra. Great tanning powers exist in tl 

 Larch ; as great, it is said, as in tin- Oak. The stimulating diuretic powei 

 Juuiperus Sabina, arc well known, and arc partaken of in some degree b) thi i 

 Juniper, me diuretic berries of which are an ingredient in flavouring gin ; and b 

 Thuja occidentalis, and Taxodium distiehum. Cypress was even once i 

 fuga , and it> oil as anthelmintic. The fetid oil of Juniperua oxycedrus 

 veterinary practice. The large seeds of many are eatable Those of thi 5l I 

 Europe, Pinus Pinea(fhe inrvs. Z>umc.), Cembra, Lambertiana, Lis 

 and Araucaria imbricata, are all eatable when fresh; and Mr. Bidwill found the n 

 of M ireton Bay feeding on the seeds of the Araucaria Bidwillii called 1 



Baborder I. Aiuktk.i-. 



— Ovulet inc. I-', I ; i .'. 

 I' It 



Pinus, Linn. 

 tbles, Tournef. 

 Piota, Link. 



Toumef. 

 Cednu.MOL 

 Cunninghiunia, Ii. lir. 

 Belis, Salisb. 



Vrthrotaxis, 



Microcachrys, HooX,fil 

 Sciadopitys, Zuec. 

 Araucaria, J 



Dombeya, Lam. 



i mil., i. Salisb. 

 Butassa, Salitb. 



Altingia, Loud, 

 Dammora, Rumph. 



Agathu, Salisb. 



GENERA. 



Suborder 11. Ccprbs- 

 — Ovulet • 



.IiinilK.Tus, Linn. 

 Thuiccarpus, Traulv. 

 Ibuja, Tournef. 



Biota, Don. 



Ptatgcladut, Spach. 



Cjfparitta, 1 1 

 < m ptomeria 

 Thujopsis, Zui .-. 



1 



Parolii 



i 



N, Mi.i.u.-. Gen. 20. Sp. 100. 

 I , ion. I y< adi a. ca I' 



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Fig. CL VI II.— Thuja orientalis ; I. 

 2. a portion of a female branch : 3, I 





