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by Forster), A, 



intermedia^ and A. llaouli^ 



I am not acquainted with^ 



iieitlier in tlie field nor in ]iorl)aria, A. Goldieana, mentioned in the Index 

 Kewonsis as New Caledonian, is of doubtful horticultural origin (see T. 

 Moore, in Flora & Fonu 1877, p. 39). A. Bidmllii has been successfully 

 planted in the Isle of Pines. 



Araucaria Balans^e 13rongn.& Gris. ML Mou: summit; ;-3500 ft.; sor- 

 jjcntine. Plaine des Lacs ; forest in gully ; serpentine ; 1000 ft, Nekando; 

 forest in gully ; serpentine; 2000 ft., etc. 2^Q, The smallest-heaved of any 

 of the New Caledonian Araucarias ; in g(^neral aspect much like A. Coohii^ 

 but has a different habitat, being found on the summits oC lofty serpentine 

 mountains and in elevated forests in tlieir gullies, where it protrudt-s con- 

 s]ncuously above the general level of the canopy. As in other Araucaria 

 S])p, several juvenile forms exists with leaves longer and narrower than those 

 of the mature shoots. 



A, CoOKir R. Brown. He Pore-Epic; littoral zone and sub-littoral ; ser- 

 pentine; etc., etc. 923, This celebrated tree attains its greatest abundance 

 in the south of the island and on the Isle of Pines and adjoining islets. 

 It is typically a tree of the sub-littoral zone, but grows also on the seaward 

 slopes of serpentine hills up to an altitude of a few hundred feet, as in the 

 Port Boise District, on Cap Bocage, and elsewliere : it is planted inland l)y the 

 natives as nn ornnment to their vilLiges. The remarkable aspect of the rocky 

 islets sparsely clothed with this slender '' pin colonnaire '^ is expressed in the 

 name, twice used^ of the lie Porc-fipic. Even more singular are the tiny 

 coral and sand isleis around the Isle o£ Pines, wlueh, though only a few feet 

 above high-tide mark, are densely covered with forests of this tree — the 

 result being almost to justify the Forsters' suggestion that the islets were 

 composed of basaltic columns. The timber is being ruthlessly exploited, and 

 this unique tree is going the way of other natural beauties under the toucl 

 of civilization* 



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A, MONTANA Brongn. & Gris (ex descr.). Taom ; serpentine ; mountain 

 summit, 3590 ft. 23-45. Closely resembles A. Rulei in general ap[)earance 

 and in the situations in which it grows, but differs from that species iii the 

 si/e and shape of its leaves and in various other points. 



A. Rulei F. MuelL Presqu'ile Bogota ; abundant on arid serpentine 

 plateau ; 2000 ft. 1314. A conspicuous object on the serpentine hills in 

 the neighbourhood of Canala. It inhabits the most arid situations, where it 

 is exposed to tlie full force of every wind and to the periodical cyclones. It 

 gives a remarkable cachet to the landscape, whose bright red soil is otherwise 

 scantily covered with low scrub and occasional small trees of Dacrf/diufu 



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