Flora of New Zealand Series

Dacrydium plumosum D. Don in Lamb. Pinus ed. 3, 2 (app.), 1832.

Thuja doniana Hook. in Lond. J. Bot. 1, 1842, 571.

L. doniana (Hook.) Endl. Syn. Conif. 1847, 43.

Kawaka.

Tree up to 25 m., trunk up to 12 dm. diam., bark falling in narrow thin strips. Branchlets distichous, of juveniles flattened, up to 7 mm. broad; of adults less compressed up to 3 mm. broad. Lvs quadrifarious; lateral up to 5 mm. long, connate, sheathing, spreading; dorsal and ventral up to 2.5 mm. long, triangular, subappressed. Male strobili 5-8 mm. long, linear; sporophylls 8-12, apiculus thin, ovate, subpeltate. Female cones ovoid 1-1·5 cm. long of 4 carpidia with projecting dorsal curved mucro. Seeds 2.

DIST.: N. Lowland forest from lat. 35° to beyond 38°. S., between Collingwood and Westhaven (N. W. Nelson).