CHAP. CXIII. 



CONl'FERiE. ARAUCA^RIA. 



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Description. A majestic tree, growing to the height of from 160 ft, to 

 228 ft., with a trmik sometimes 1 1 ft. in diameter, and free from branches to 

 the height of 80 ft. or 100 ft. " Its trunk rises erect, and, in old trees, is 

 sparingly covered with long, drooping, naked branches, towards the extremities 

 of which the leaves are clustered : these latter, when the plant is young, are 

 long, narrow, curved, sharp-pointed, and spreading, as shown mfig. 2.S01. ; but, 

 when the tree is old, they become shorter and broader, and are pressed close 

 to the branches, as shown mfig. 2300. to our usual scale, and fig. 2298. of the 

 natural size. (Lindl. in Peiin. Cyc.) In consequence of this difference in the 

 disposition of the leaves, old and young trees are so little alike, that they might 



