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constructive works with the best results. J*or marine piles it seen ad st 
imperishable, and, notwithstanding its small dimensions, is fully ate +04 otara 
in durability. _ 
It is equally well suited for gencral house-building, and is specially yal ie able 
for weather-boards. It has also been used for hes “posts, rails, &c., tramywat 
rails and sleepers, mine-props, caps, struts, &c. It is invaluable for ay, ai fee 
pose in which durability is required. 
DIstRIBUTION OF THE GENUS. 
See under Dacryvdium cupressinum, p. 31, ante. 
DISTRIBUTION OF THE SPECIES. 
Dacrydium Westlandicum is endemic in New Zealand, and occurs from 
Whangaroa North to Martin’s Bay, but is decidedly rare and local in the } me 
Island. It has been collected at Whangaroa North, near Ngauruhoe and 
Ruapehu, and on the Great Barrier Island, but does not form ay large porti tion 
of the forest in these localities. 
In the South Island it appears to be restricted to the west coast, as 
occurs from Golden Bay to Martin’s Bay, but is most plentiful 1 in the Westla nd 
District proper. It is largely converted by the sawmillers in Hokitika. 
It ascends from the sea-level to fully 2,500ft., and is most frequent in dat ng. 
woods. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Dacrydium Westlandicum, T. Kirk. 
Hook. f., ‘* lcones Plantarum,” t. 1,218. 
A conical dicecious tree, 30ft. to solr high. wii Various : in the 3 youn 
flat Pe Aenean eee. in the riicave state jin. ae eee appress s d, 
Helga triangular, obtuse, keeled, shghtly imbricating. Utena branch 
oll. to jin. in diameter. Male catkins solitary, terminal, sessile, ob long, 
jin. to gin. long, connective broadly ovate, acute. Wemale flowers ter 
saat or in pairs, each consisting of a single ovule; receptacle ones 
split on one side. Nut black, shining. 
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ExpLANATION oF Pirate LXXXYV. 
Dacrydium Westlandicum, T. Wirk. 1 and 2. Flowering specimens. 
3. Branch of a young plant. Natural size. 4. A portion of the same, 
nified. 5. Leaves of an intermediate stage, natural size. 6. Male ca 
7 and 8. Upper and lower faces of an anther. 9. Female flower, 10. Oy 
All magnified. 11. Female flower immediately after fertilisation. 12, 13 
14. Fruits in different stages of maturity. 15. Ripe fruit. 31 to 15 are dra 
natural size and magnified. | 
