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ARBORETUM AND rRUTlCETUM. 



TART 



trunk, smooth bark, and rather small head, Branchlets 

 leafy .uul tetragonal Leaves alternate or opposite, lance- 

 olate, oblong, quite entire, glabrous, of a coriaceous tex- 

 ture, and a glaucous green ; about 2 in. long, and nearly 



. .1. slightly striated longitudinally, I'he flower's 



xual ; the male catkins are ovate -oblong-shaped, 

 about the site of a pigeon's egg, on a short peduncle, thick, 

 ana placed a little above the axes of the leaves. The 

 male catkins are composed of a great number of obtuse 

 Imbricated scales: each scale is wedge-shaped, ami ab- 

 ruptly curved inwardly at its upper extremity ; the lower 

 extremity is occupied by from 8 to Ifi anthers, disposed 

 In two rows. The female catkins arc of the same form 

 «u< the inali-s ; and they also are formed of obtuse, imbri. 

 bated, thick, coriaceous Kales, The dammar is distin- 



Qrom the pines and tirs by its female flowers being 



and not twin ; and by the form and structure 



ale flowers, it approaches nearest to the genus 

 Arauc'iriu. from which it differ* in the form of its scales, 

 in the absence of a bractea to each female flower, and by 

 Its seed being winged onlv on one side. {A. Rich, in 

 toss, if Hist. Nat, t. 5. p. 321.) The tree is found 

 rery summit of the mountains ofAmboyna and» 

 Ternate, and in many of the Molucca Islands. The wood is said to resemble that of the cedar, 

 and to be light and of inferior quality, wholly unlit for any situation exposed to the action of 

 the weather, but answering tolerably well for indoor purposes. The most interesting produce of 

 the tree, however, is its resin. [See Dr. Lindl. in Penn. Cyc.) The resin, when it first flows from 

 the tree, is sort and viscous ; but in a few days it becomes as hard as stone, and has all the transpa- 

 rency and whiteness of crystal, especially that which adheres to the trees, and sometimes hangs from 

 them in the shape of icicles. These crystals are sometimes Sin. or 4 in. broad, and 1ft. long, and 

 exhibit an elegant striated appearance. They are very brittle, and, when broken, shine like glass. 

 The resin does not retain its whiteness more than five or six months ; after which it assumes a 

 Fill amber colour. Though the resin generally exudes naturally in great abundance, it is 

 sometimes obtained artificially by making incisions in the bark. The smell of fresh and soft dam- 

 mar is reMiious ; but, when dry, i't does not emit any particular odour. When thrown upon burning 

 c:u's, it smells like turpentine and mastich. It is very inflammable, and burns without crackling, 

 th'iugh it emit? a great quantity of acidulous smoke, which produces a very unpleasant effect on 

 .ho are unaccustomed to' it. (See Lambert's Pinus, ii. p. 99.) Dr. Lindley says : "Liquid 

 il thought to be yielded by the dammar pine ; and a substance called in India dammer, or 

 country resin, is procured from the same plant, or from a tree which Dr. Buchanan calls Chloroxy- 

 lon Dussada.* 1 [Jirub'e, i p. 337., as quoted in Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2., 1836". ) This species was intro- 

 duced into England in 1804, by Sir Joseph Banks ; but, not being readily propagated, it is extremely 

 rare. The only plant that we recollect to have seen is that at Kew, where it is kept in the green- 

 house; though, as it is found on high mountains, it may possibly be as hardy as Cunninghams. 



1 2. D. austraYis Lamb. The southern Dammar, or Kauri, Pine. 



l<it >it ifica Hon. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 2. t. 55. 



Synonymes. A'gathis australis Lindl. in Perm. Cyc. ; Cowrie tree, New Zealand Pitch tree, Kowiie 



Pino. 



wingi. Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 2. t. 55.; our Jig. 2310. to our usual scale ; and fig. 2311. of the 



natural size. 



I lay., &;c. Leaves alternate or opposite, linear-oblong or elliptic, veinless, rigid. Cones tur- 

 binate; scales spreading, acute at the apex. {Lamb. Pin.) A large tree, a native of New Zea- 

 land. Introduced in 1821, but requiring the protection of a green house. 



fptton. A large tree, attaining the height of from 80 ft. to 140 ft. Trunk very straight, with- 

 out branches to the height of 40 ft. or 70 It , and from 4 ft. to 7 ft. in diameter ; covered with an 

 . rery thick, lead-coloured bark. Branches numerous, spreading, somewhat remote, about the 

 : a man's body, divided into numerous small branches; ascending and leafy towards the 

 t<»;), naked at bottom from the falling of the leaves. Wood 

 white, abounding in a liquid resin. Leaves numerous, op- 

 often 'in adult trees! alternate, sessile, linear-oblong, 



or rarely elliptic, very similar in texture and appearance to 



: B&XUS. obtuse, quite entire, emarginate, coriaceous, 



rect,and spreading; from Jin. to 1^ in. long, and Jin. 

 to } in. broad; flat on both sides, shining, nerveless; pale 



green , broadisn at the base, not narrowed, as in D. orientals. 



-ohtary, axillary on the topi of the branches on very 



*!iort thick footstalks] male cylindrical, erect, ifn, long, 



S lines In diameter, Vt rv Compact, imbricated, hard, in some 



rounded bracteai al the base. Anthers5— 6on one 



nduloUS, situated under a convex, somewhat orbicu.. 



elj adhering together, dltu 



• I'M,-,, each filled with 



j celled, opening longitudinally j female erect, 



, ! in m length, on a VI rv ihert, thick, woody, pedicel. 



• iry on the tops of the branches, turbinate, 



nort, broad, wedgohr.pod, thick, 



imbricated, ferruginous on the Inside j 

 < i '.o on the margin , th - 1 1 1 

 the apex, woody, cartilaginous, smooth, 

 lc ''< n ■ n ' olour, d •<< ute al the 



bapi d, brown, having al the 

 u , quite entire, oblique, pale-coloured wing a (Lamb.) 

 The kauri pine li a native of New Zealand, on the banki 

 < n (<>'A'. named the Thames it wa discovered In the year i?ii! 



tod an ■ i, oiu, on- ti< ■■■ oi it ■..< th< n cul down. The itraightnesi 



of the river 

 i, on Captain 



of the trunk, 



