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more accessible northern coniferous types and there is much need of a 

 critical study of this important family. Tiie important memoir of 

 Professor JSeward (The Araucarieae, lieceiit and Fossil- A. C- 

 JSeward, F. R. S. and Sibillc O. Ford, Phil. Tram. Royal Soc, 

 series J3, vol. 198, pp. 305-411, 1906) is therefore especially welcome. 



The Araucariaceae are with few exceptions conhned to the southern 

 hemisphere, and although cultivated to a limited extent in the milder 

 portions of Europe and in Caliiornia they are not readily accessible 

 to most of the students of the coniiers and doubtless this largely is 

 responsible for our imperfect knowledge of the more important points 



The genus Agathis (Dammara) is conhned to tropical and sub- 

 tropical regions ot Indo-Malavsia and Australasia. The Philippine 

 Islands mark the northern limit of the genus. Jn the northern island 

 oi New Zealand, the home of the iamou>, Kami pine ( iqaf/uf ausfialn) 

 the lattei spcdcs is said to extend to 3S° ^ Except lot A rohvsfa of 

 Queensland and some species liom the ATahn peninsula, the species of 

 Agathis a.c esscntialK inland t^ pes 



Full diagnose s ik gi\( n ot the spec les, ot whu h eight aie recognized 

 in \gathis and (Uxcii m Viiiuaiii ^evtral doubtful species are 

 also desciibed V lull u (oniit is guen ot the anatom\ of tht geneia 

 and tlicre is .'Jso inclinlcd ucconnt ot the seedlings of several species 



