an old scientific name of thegenus, including the Kauri Pine (q.v.). It is from theHindustani, damar, `resin.' The name was applied to the Kauri Pine by Lambert in 1832, but it was afterwardsfound that Salisbury, in 1805, had previously constituted thegenus Agathis for the reception of the Kauri Pineand the Dammar Pine of Amboyna. This priority of claimnecessitated the modern restoration of Agathis as thename of the genus.