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CXCIV.—_ DA MMAR FROM NEW CALEDONIA. 
We have for some time had in the Museum of the Royal Gardens 
specimens of the wood and resin of a tree indigenous to New Caledonia, 
obtained by Professor Moseley, F.R.S., who communicated them with 
the оз note :— 
A gum from New Caledonia, le: at Canala, on the east side of 
tbe island, by Mr. J. Brazier, and given by him to 
With this is a sample of the wood of the tree from which the gum is 
collected. An incision made in the bark of the tree produces a copious 
flow of the gum 
he pt is soluble in aleohol, and burns with a pleasant odour 
Very large quantities of the gum might be — obtained i in the 
island if it were found suitable for varnish or otherw 
e wood of the tree is commonly used for building purposes. 
The bark and leaf of the tree are said to be like those of a 
Dammara. 
Н. N. MosELEY. 
We have been unable to get any further light on these neos 
But having recently obtained Sebert’s “ Notice sur les bois de ou- 
- velle aledonie” it seems бай with its aid to clear di the 
identification. A tree described as Dammara lanceolata, A and 
occurring * depuis Genguéne jusqu'àla baie du Sud" 69), agrees 
in every particular with Professor Moseley’ s note, while P the other 
two species of Dammara known to oecur in New Caledonia, D. Moorei, 
Lindl., only occurs in the north, and D. ovata, Lindl., in the south. 
It is, however, — puzzling to find that Lindley had described no 
species under the name of D. lanceolata. poet however, states, that 
in the descriptive botanical work of his book he was assisted by 
кыны, and in the md Herbarium we vis a а ee _ lanceo- 
which we ou “he material form an opinion, must be call 
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their pottery. 
It will be remembered that the Kauri resin of New Zealand is 
afforded by Dammara australis, Lamb. 
