"Sometimes 100 to 200 tons of payable quartz would be raised from one of these so-called reefs, when they would pinch out, and it would be found that they were unconnected with other leaders or veins."
<hw>Pine</hw>, <i>n</i>. The Pines are widely distributed in Australasia, and include some of the noblest species. The name, with various epithets, is given to a few other trees besides those of the Natural Order <i>Coniferae</i>,; the following is a list of the various <i>Pines</i> in Australasia. They belong to the Natural Order <i>Coniferae</i>,, unless otherwise indicated—
Black Pine—
<i>Frenela endlicheri</i>, Parlat.
<i>Irenela robusta</i>,A. Cunn.
(Of Otago)— <i>Podocarpus ferruginea</i>,Don.; Maori name, <i>Miro</i> (q.v.).; <i>P. spicata</i>, R. Br.; Maori name, <i>Mai</i>, or <i>Matai</i> (q.v.).
Celery-topped P. (q.v.)— (In Australia)— <i>Phyllocladus rhomboidalis</i>, Rich.
(In New Zealand)—
<i>P. trichomanoides</i>, Don.; Maori name, <i>Tanekaha</i>
(q.v.);
<i>P. glauca</i>, and
<i>P. alpinus</i>; Maori name, <i>Toatoa</i>, and often also
called <i>Tanekaha</i>.
Colonial P.—
<i>Araucaria cunninghamii</i>, Ait.
Common P.—
<i>Frenela robusta</i>, A. Cunn.
Cypress P.—
<i>Frenela endlicheri</i>, Parlat.
<i>F. rhomboidea</i>, Endl.
<i>F. robusta</i> (var. <i>microcarpa</i>), A. Cunn.
<i>F. robusta</i> (var. <i>verrucosa</i>), A. Cunn.