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Phys. Klasse der Berl. Akadem. iii. t. 1, f. 2, t. 2, 16 (err.) and 

 17 ; Forb. Pinet. Wob. 179, t. 59 ; Spacli, Hist. V^g. Phan. xi.. 

 368 ; Endl. Syn. Conif. 190 ; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc, 

 V. 221 ; Knight, Syn. Conif. 45 ; Hook. fil. Fl. of New Zeal. 231 ; 

 Carr. Man. des. PI. iv. 363, and Tr. Gen. Conif. 427 ; Gord. Pinet, 

 77 ; Henk. and Hochst. Syn. der Nadelh. 211. Agathis australis^ 

 Salisb, in Linn. Trans, viii. 312. 



Habitat. — New Zealand, in the northern parts. 



Introduced into Europe in 1823. 



Wintered indoors. 



The Kauri Pine is a native of New Zealand, and is also frequently 

 designated the Cowrie tree, or the Pitch tree. It is said to attain a 

 height, in that country, of from 80 to 140 feet, producing a straight 

 trunk, free from branches, to a height of from 40 to 70 feet, and 

 is reckoned a very valuable tree for ship-masts and various other 

 purposes. The branches are thickly clothed with leaves, which are 

 of a lanceolate-oblong shape, erect, of a coriaceous texture, generally 

 opposite, except on the old branches, when they are sometimes 

 alternate, entire, obtuse at the apex, and occasionally slightly 

 emarginate, from an inch to an inch and a half in length, and scarcely 

 half an inch in breadth ; of a shining pale green colour, and some- 

 what dilated at the base, not attenuated as in the other species. In 

 Mr. Lambert's work on the genus Pinus we have some valuable 

 remarks relative to the coniferous trees that are indigenous to 

 New Zealand, by George Bennett, Esq., F.L.S., &c. The following 

 is an extract from that gentleman's observations on the Kauri Pine : 

 " This magnificent tree, which ornament^ the New Zealand forests, is 

 the Dammara australis of Lambert, and is called Kauri by the natives 

 of New Zealand, which name probably was given on account of the great 

 diameter it attains. It grows very erect, and attains a height of from 

 80 to 90 feet, and in diameter it is considered the largest tree in New 

 Zealand. It occasionally attains 24 feet in circumference, and I have 

 seen several cut down measuring from 16 to 20 feet. The timber is of 

 excellent quality, close-grained, durable, and valuable for a variety, 

 of purposes, either in plank or spar ; as yards and masts for shipping 

 they have been found, by repeated trials, superior to all others, both 

 in their flexibility as well as durability. The wood is of a white colour. 

 The leaves of this Pine, when young, are alternate, but in form 

 lanceolate, which changes, as the tree increases in growth, to an ellip- 

 tical oblong form. This tree yields a large quantity of resin of a 

 white and amber colour, very transparent, burning with a bright 

 flame, and having a very agreeable smell. It exudes spontaneously 

 and hardens on the trunk, but in much larger quantities on an inci- 

 sion being made in the tree and left for a night. On the following 

 morning a large quantity is usually found to have exuded, and still 

 continues to exude for a long tinie aft^rvya^r^s. This tree yields th§ 



