LIST OF CONIFERS AND TAXADS. 



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The Kauri Pine of New Zealand, most important for its timber and 

 for the so-called gum which exudes from the trunk. See Kirk's 

 Forest Flora of Neio Zealand, p. 144, tabs. 79-81. 



Cultivated in conservatories. 



2. A. macrophylla. 



Sr^iONYM: — Dammara macropMjlla, Lindley in Journ. Emi. Sac, 

 vi. p. 271 ; Parlatore, 376. 



South Sea Islands. Conservatories. 



3. A. Moorei. 



Synonym: — Bammara Moorei, Lindley in Journ, Sort. Soc. vi. 

 271 ; Parlatore, 377. 



New Caledonia. Conservatories. 



4. A. obtusa. 



Synonym: — Damincira ohtiisa, Lindley in Journ. Sort. Soc. vi. 

 p. 270, and in Paxton, Flower Garden, ii. 146 ; Parlatore, 376. 

 New Hebrides. Conservatories. 



5. A. robusta. 



Synonym : — Dammara rohusta, C. Moore, ex Parlatore, 1. c. 375. 

 North-east Australia. Conservatories. 



ARAUCARIA, Jussieu (1789) ; Bentham and Hooker, iii. 437 ; 

 Parlatore in DC. Prod. xvi. 2 ; Eichler, Pflanzertfamilien, ii. 67. 



Altingia, Loudon partly ; Eutassa, Salisbury partly. (Tribe 



AHAUCARIEyE.) 



Lofty trees. Flowers dioecious ; males in spikes ; anther-lobes 

 8-15, pendulous ; pollen globose. Cones globular, scales very 

 numerous, spiral, deciduous, united with the bracts. Ovule 1 to 

 each scale, more or less winged, inverted, and more or less united 

 with the scale itself. Cotyledons epi- or hypogeal. 



A. araucana, Koch, Dendrol. ii. 206 = A. imbrieata. 



1. A. Balansse, Brongn. et Gris. ; Andre in Illust. Sorticole, 1875, 

 t. 197. 



New Caledonia. Conservatories. 



2. A. Bidwillii, Hooker ; Gard. Chron. 1873, 361, fig. 73 ; Yeitch, 

 195. Benth. Flor. Aust. vi. 243. The Bunya Bunya. 



Mountains of Queensland. Height 100-150 feet. Succeeds under 

 conservatory treatment. 



3. A. brasiliana, A. Pichard ; Yeitch, 195 ; Gard. Chron. June 23, 

 1888. Sometimes written Brasiliensis. 



Variety :— Saviana, Parlatore, 371. 

 Mountains of S. Brazil. Height 75-100 feet. 

 Suitable for conservatories. 



