DAMMARA. Ill 



with the ends rounded, three inches long, and one inch and 

 three-quarters wide. Scales convex at the ends, about four 

 times as broad as long, and quite different in that respect from 

 the spreading points of the New Zealand kind. 



A large tree, very similar in appearance to the New Zealand 

 Cowrie, from which it is distinguished by the size and form of 

 both its leaves and cones. It was found by Mr. Moore, on the 

 Island of Aniteura, one of the New Hebrides. Timber valu- 

 able for ship-building. 



It is very tender. 



No. 6. Dammaea. Orientalis, Lambert, the Amboyna Pine. 



Syn. Dammara alba, Humph. 

 „ „ loranthifolia, Spach. 



Agathis loranthifolia, Salisbury. 

 „ „ Dammara, Richard. 



„ Abies Sumatrana, Desfont. 

 „ „ Dammara, Poiret. 

 „ Pinus Dammara, Lambert. 

 „ „ Sumatrana, Mi/rbel. 

 „ Dammara Rumphii, Presl. 



Leaves opposite, but sometimes alternate, ovate-oblong, at- 

 tenuated at the base, obtuse or rounded on the point, quite 

 entire, glabrous, of a thick leathery texture, and glaucous 

 green, from two to four inches long, and nearly one inch and a 

 half broad at the widest part, straight, rarely falcate, smooth 

 and duU green on both faces, somewhat two-rowed on the 

 young branchlets, and distant, those on the young plants 

 almost lanceolate and sharp-pointed. Branches vertical, a 

 little reflected, and ascending at the extremities, forming a 

 small head on the adult trees. Branchlets and lateral branches 

 in opposite pair.s, and spreading. Male catkins about two 

 inches long. Cones globular or turbinate, singly, on foot- 

 stalks, rising from the axil of the leaves, near the extremities 

 of the branches, from three to four inches long, and more than 

 two inches broad. Scales adpressed, smooth, rounded at the 



