Anathis.] CXXIII. CONIFEEAi. 1499 



■woody. Reeds oblong or cuneate, free, flattened, truncate or emarginate at the 

 ■end, one margin produced into a horizontal erect or decurved wing. — -Trees with 

 :spirally arranged flat leaves. 



Besides the Australian species which are endemic, there are one from East India and the 

 Archipelago, one from New Zealand, and two or perhaps three from New Caledonia. 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 2 to 4in. long, Fruiting-cones 4 to Sin. long, 2J to 



3Jin. broad. Scales broad as long 1. A.vobusta. 



■Leaves much smaller never lanceolate. Fruiting-oones small and narrow 



Soa'es numerous 2. A. Palinerstoni. 



1. A,, robusta (sturdy), C. Moore; F. v. M. in 'I'rans. PJtarm. Soc. Vict. ii. 

 174. Dundathu Pine. Queensland Kauri Pine. A tree, attaining a height of 

 nearly 150ft., the branches nearly verticillate. Leaves ovate- lanceolate or 

 ■oblong-lanceolate, shortly acuminate or almost obtuse, rounded or tapering at the 

 •base and contracted into a very short petiole, 2 to 3 or rarely 4in. long, rigidly 

 •coriaceous, very finely striate. Male amenta about IJin. long, sessile within a 

 few broad orbicular or reniform bracts of about 2 lines diameter. Fruit-cones 

 •ovoid-globular, about 5in. long and 8|^in. diameter, the scales as broad as long, 

 the lateral wings more or less indented on each side at the base so as to leave 

 marginal deflexed auricles. Seeds nearly -|in. long, truncate or emarginate at 

 the apex, one angle sometimes produced into a short broad point, the other into 

 an oblong erect wing as long as the seed itself. — Parlat. in DC. Prod. vi. ii. 375 ; 

 Dammara robusta, C. Moore ; Benth. Fl. Austr. vi. 214. 



Hab.: So.ittered through the dense forest country near Wide Bay, Bidwill; Frasers Island, 

 W. Hill. 



Wood of a light-yellow colour, close-grained, soft, and easy to work ; largely used by joiners 

 :a'id cabine' -makers, — Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods, No. 410. 



Leaves sometimes infested with the blight-fungus Sphcerella dammara, B. and Br. 



Analysis of resin, according to Lauterer : Volatile oil, 8 4; Besin soluble in chloroform 6'8 ; 

 Eesin insoluable in chloroform, 84-2. 



2. A. 3?alinerstoni (after Christie Palmerston), F. v. M. Vict. Nat., Juiie, 

 18D1. " Togoi," Barron River, J. F. Bailey. A large tall tree. Branchiets 

 «.ngular. Leaves smaller than in A. robusta, narrow-elliptic, gradually narrowed 

 Into a very short petiole, blunt, somewhat oblique, rather pale on underside. 

 Male amenta ellipsoid-cylindric, solitary. Fruit cones oval, the scales very 

 numerous, broader than long, almost fan-shaped, narrowly thickened at the 

 summit. Mueller further says of this species, that it differs from A. robusta 

 in that its leaves are never lanceolate, are much smaller, narrower, and always 

 •obtuse. The cones, he says, are much smaller and narrower, the scales more 

 numerous than in any other species, its nearest ally the above author considers 

 Tto be A. Moorei, of New Caledonia. 



Hab.: Mt. Bartle Frere Christie Palmerston ; Mulgrave Eiver, Stephen Johnston ; Barron 

 IRiver, J. F. Bailey, 



4. ARAUCARIA, Juss. 



(Vernacular name of a species in Chili.) 



Flowers dioecious or rarely monoecious, the amenta terminal. Male amenta 

 •cylindrical ; stamens numerous, spirally imbricated, contracted at the base, with 

 an ovate or lanceolateincurved scale- like , apex ; anther-cells 6 to 20, in 2 rows. 

 Females with a single reflexed ovule within each scale. E^uit-cones large, ovoid 

 or glolDular, the scales very numerous, closely imbricate, the margins usually 

 ,attentuated into wings at the base, the apex thickened and woody, with a raised 

 transverse line often produced into a lanceolate or pungent point. Seeds 

 iflattened, obovoid-oblong, not winged, adnate to the scale at the base, free at the 

 a.pex. Embryo with 2 cotyledons, sometimes deeply divided so as to appear to 

 4,e 4. — Trees often very lofty, the branches almost verticillate. Leaves in close 



