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extensively introduced into our denser forests. Auckland alone 

 exports about £20,000 worth of Kauri timber annually. It is 

 easily worked, and takes a high poHsh. It yields, besides, the 

 Kauri resin of commerce, which is largely got from under the 

 stem of the tree. The greatest part is gathered by the Maoris 

 in localities formerly covered with Kauri forests ; pieces weigh- 

 ing 100 lbs. have been found in such places. 



Dammara macrophylla, Lindley. 



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

 resembling D. alba. 



Dammara JSIoorei, Lindley. 



New Caledonia. Height of tree about 50 feet. 



Dammara obtusa, Lindley. 



New Hebrides. A fine tree, 200 feet high, with a long, clear 

 trunk resembling D. Australis. 



Dammara ovata, C, Moore. 



New Caledonia. This tree is rich in Dammar resin. 



Dammara robusta, C. Moore. 



Queensland. Kauri. A tall tree, known from Rockingham's 

 Bay and Wide Bay. It thrives well, even in open, exposed, 

 dry localities at Melbourne. Height up to 130 feet; largest- 

 diameter of stem 6 feetj free of knots and easily worked. 

 Market value £3-10 for 1,000 superficial feet of timber. The 

 species is closely allied to the Indian D. alba. 



Dammara Vitieusis, Seemann. 



In Fiji. Tree 100 feet high ; probably identical with Lind- 

 ley's I), 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 for any desert regions. 



Danthonia Cunnmghami, J. Hooker. 



New Zealand. A splendid Alpine fodder grass with large 

 panicles. 



Danthonia nervosa, J. Hooker. 



Extra-tropical Australia. One of the best of nutritious swamp 

 grasses. 



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