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Vernacular Names. —It is almost universally known in the Sydney market 
as “ Colonial Pine,” so we cannot disturb the name now. Another name is 
“ Moreton Bay Pine,” because large quantities used to be shipped from southern 
Queensland (or Moreton Bay, as the settlement was called). In northern New 
South Wales the timber often goes under the name of “ White Pine ” or “ Richmond 
River Pine.” For the origin of the term “ Hoop Pine,” often applied to it, see 
Bark (below). 
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It must not be confused with the “She” or “Brown” Pine ( Poclocarpus ) 
(see Part IV of this work), nor with the various Cypress Pines (Callitris) so well 
known for their ornamental character, fragrant odour, and power of resistance 
to white ant (see Part XII of this work). 
Aboriginal Names. —“ Coorong” of those of the Richmond River, according 
to the late Mr. Charles Moore, who stated that it bore the same aboriginal name as 
the Cypress Pine ( Callitris columellaris) ; “Cumbertu” by those of the Brisbane 
district; and “ Coonam” by those about Wide Bay (Queensland). 
Leaves. —The leaves are prickly and small, say a quarter to half an inch 
long. They are crowded in dense spires. 
Flowers. —The flowers are usually dioecious—that is to say, having the 
males and females on distinct plants. The male amenta (catkins) are stalkless, 
cylindrical, very dense, from 2 to 3 inches long, and from 3 to 4 lines in 
diameter. What a catkin of this particular tree is like may be seen from the 
drawing. It will be observed that they form the thickened, club-shaped ends of the 
twigs. A catkin, in botany, is a form of spike in which the flowers are incomplete 
(to use a botanical expression), wanting either stamens or pistil—of course, the latter 
in the present instance. 
Fruit .—This is a cone, and it is somewhat egg-shaped (ovoid), about 3 inches 
long and 2 inches in diameter, containing numerous, closely overlapping scales. 
This swollen egg-shaped portion reminds one of a fuller’s teazle, and contains the 
seeds (very much smaller than Bunya Bunya seed, Araucaria Bidioilli ) ; this, of 
course, represents the female portion of the plant. The seeds are flattened and 
contained in the scale. Idie appearance of the cone and scale can be readily made 
out from the drawing. 
Bark .—The bark is brown to black, not thick, and lias circular horizontal 
markings. It peels off horizontally in tough, fibrous flakes. Owing, in some 
measure, to the resin it contains, and also to its tough nature, it does not readily 
decay on exposure. The timber itself is peculiarly liable to decay under such 
circumstances, and so it happens when a tree is felled in the forest and chopped 
into lengths, if allowed to remain, all the wood disappears, leaving the bark as a 
“hoop” or natural pipe, reminding one of a pipe for water supply. Hence the 
name “Hoop Pine” often given to this tree. 
