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Dammara Moorei, Lindley. 



New Caledonia. Height of tree about 50 ieet. 



Dammara obtusa, Lindley. 



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

 trunk; resembling D. Australis. 



Dammara ovata, Moore. 



New Caledonia, This tree is rich in Dammar resin. 



Dammara robusta, 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. 

 Dammara Vitiensis, Seemann. 



In Fiji. Tree 100 feet high; probably identical with Lindley's 



D. longifolia. 

 Danthonia Cunninghami, J. Hooker. 



New Zealand. A splendid alpine fodder-grass with large 



panicles. 



Danthonia nervosa, J. Hooker. 



Extra-tropic Australia. One of the best of nutritious 

 swamp-grasses, 



Danthonia pectinata, Lindley. 



New South Wales, Queensland and North Australia,' in the 

 arid interior regions. A perennial desert-grass, resisting 

 drought ; sought with avidity by sheep, and very fattening to 

 them. 



Danthonia triticoides, Lindley. 



Of nearly the same natural distribution as the preceding, 

 and equalling that species in value. Both so important as to 

 deserve rearing even in their native countries. 



Daucus Carota, Linne. 



Europe, North Africa, extra-tropic Asia east to Japan. The 

 Carrot. Admits of naturalisation along our shores. Beyond 

 the ordinary culinary utilisation it serves for the distillation 

 of a peculiar oil. The chemical substances Carotin and 

 Hydrocarotin are derived from it. 



Debregeasia edulis, Weddell. 



The Janatsi-itsigo or Toon-itsigo of Japan. Berries of this 

 bush edible, fibre valuable for textile fabrics. A few Indian 

 species, with fibre resembling that of Boehmeria, ascend to 

 the Himalayas for several thousand feet, and may therefore 

 be hardy here, namely, T>. velutina, D. Wallichiana, D. 

 hypoleuca; the latter extends to Abyssinia, where it has 

 been noticed at elevations of 8000 feet. On mountains in 

 Java occurs D. dichotoma. 



