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Cupressus thurifera,* Humb. B. & K. 
Mexico; 3,000 to 4,500 feet above sea-level. A handsome pyramidal 
tree, upwards of 40 feet high. 
Cupressus thuyoides, LinnA ( Chamce-cyparis spliaroidea, Spach.) 
White Cedar of North America : in moist or morassy ground. Height 
of tree, 80 feet; diameter of stem, 3 feet. The wood is light, soft, and 
fragrant; it turns red when exposed to the air. 
Cupressus torulosa,* Don. 
Nepal Cypress. Northern India; 4,600 to 8,000 feet above sea level. 
Height of tree, 150 feet; circumference of stem, as much as 16 
feet. The reddish fragrant wood is as durable as that of the 
Deodar Cedar, highly valued for furniture. The tree seems to prefer 
the limestone soil! 
Dacrydium cupressinum, Soland. 
New Zealand. Native name, Rimu; the Red Pine of the colonists. 
This stately tree acquires the height of 200 feet, and furnishes a hard 
and valunble wood. With other New Zealand conifers particularly 
eligible for our forest valleys. A most suitable tree for cemeteries, on 
account of its pendulous branches. 
Dacrydium Franklini, Hook, fil. 
Huon Piuo of Tasmania; only found in moist forest recesses, and 
might be planted in our dome fern-tree gullies. Height of tree, 100 
feet; stem-circumference, 20 feet. The wood is highly esteemed for 
ship-building and various artisan’s work. 
Dammara alba, Rumph. (D. orientalis. Lamb.) 
Agatli Dammar. Iudian Archipelagus and mainland. A large tree, 
100 feet high, with a stem of 8 feet in diameter; straight and 
branchless for two-thirds its length. It is of great importance on 
account of its yields of the transparent Dammar resin, extensively 
used for varnish. 
Dammara Australis, Lamb* 
Kauri Pine. North island of New Zealand. This magnificent tree 
measures, under favourable circumstances, 180 feet in height and 17 
feet in diameter of stem. The estimated age of such a tree being 
700 or 800 years. It furnishes an excellent timber for furniture, masts 
of ships, or almost any other purpose; it yields besides the Kauri 
resin of commerce, which is largely got from under the stem of the 
tree. The greatest part is gathered by the Muories in localities 
formerly covered with Kauri forests; pieces, weighing 100lbs., have 
been found in such places. 
Dammara macrophylla, Lindl. 
Santa Cruz Archipelagus. A beautiful tree, 100 feet high, resembling 
D. alba. 
Dammara Moorei, Lindl. 
New Caledonia. Height of tree about 50 feet. 
Dammara obtusa, Lindl. 
New Hebrides. A line tree 200 feet high; 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 oven in open, exposed, dry localities at 
Melbourne. 
