The Pines of Australia. 



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Figure 268 —Transverse section ot limber. Two annular rings occur 

 obliquely across the field. D. Franklini, x 100. 



Figure 269 — Tangential sertion of timber. All the ray cells are empty. 

 D. Franklini, x loo. 



Figure 270 —Radial section of timber. The rays are of a uniform 

 character and quite empty of manganese, which, however, 

 is marked in the walls of the tracheids running from top 

 to bottom of the picture. The simple cells of the rays 

 are large and single. D. Franklini, x 100. 



Sections of timber of Dacrydium Franklini, Hook. f. 



