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Agathis robusta, 



C Moore. F.v.AL, in Trans. Pharm. Sac. \'/ct. //, 774. 



" QUEENSLAND KAURI" OR " DUNDATHU PINE." 

 (Syn. : — Dammara robusta, C. Moore, B. Fl. VI, J75.) 



I. HISTORICAL. 



{]'idc supia.) 



Agalhis robusta. Fruit Cone. 



II. SYSTEMATIC. 



This is a line, tall, upstanding tree, 

 attaining a height of 150 feet and over, 

 generally with a long straight barrel free 

 from branches. Leaves more often ovate 

 than lanceolate, thick, from 4 to 6 inches 

 long, and up to i inch wide, mostly 

 obtuse, shortly petiolate, midrib not 

 prominent, finely striated longitudinally 

 from secondary bundles. Male amentum 

 catkin-like, axillary or lateral, surrounded 

 b}' a few imbricate scales at the base, 

 under 2 inches long. Fruit cones ovoid- 

 globular, under 5 inches long, and rather 

 less than 4 inches in diameter ; macro- 

 phylls as broad as long, closely imbricate, 

 deciduous, flattened, broadly cuneate, more 

 or less winged. Seeds oblong-cuneate, 

 flattened or emarginate, at the end one 

 margin produced into a horizontal, erect, 

 or decurrent wing. 



III. LEAVES. 

 (Not investigated.) 



IV. TIMBER. 



(fl) Economic. 



This is a rather attractive, pale-brownish colourrd timber wluii dressed ; 

 it planes easily, and takes a good surface as well as a good polish. It is short 



