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DACRYDIUM. 



DioEciA MoNADELPHiA. Liim. Couiferse. Juss. 



FLORES AMENTACEI DIOICI. 



Masculi. 



Calyx. Ame^iktm oblongum, constans squamis cordato-acuminatis, staminiferis. 



Corolla ndla. 



Stamina. Yilamenta nulla. Aniherce didymse, orbiculares, transversim dehiscentes, squamse basi adnatse. 



FCE 



MINE I 



Calyx. 



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ROLLA. 



Pistillum 



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Semen. Nux ovata, monosperma, receptaculo ampliato, firmo, basi immersa. 



TAB. 41 



DACRYDIUM CUPRESSINUM 



NEW ZEELAND spruce. 



Dackydium cupeessinum. Solander apud Forst. PI. Escul. 80. et Flor. Inst. Aust. Frod. Q2. 



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The Spruce Fir of New Zeeland. Cook's Second Voyage, vol. 1. 70. tah. No. 51, 



Habitat in Nova Zcelandia. 



DESCRIPTIO. 



Arbor vasta, pulcherrima. Rami patuli, valde ramulosi, ramuli flexuosi, dependentes ; foliis junioribus, 



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subulatis, divaricatis ; adultioribus laxe imbricatis. 



Thi s tree, as I am informed by Mr. Archibald Menzies, forms large forests in the south-west parts 

 of New Zeeland. Captain Vancouver, who cut down several of these trees to refit his vessel, found 

 the timber solid and cfose-grained, very much resembling the Bermudas cedar. 



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