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no particular direction ; younger ones, covered with spinescent 

 leaves, partially imbricated ; the adult ones stand out stiff, while 

 those on the cone bearing lateral ones, are scale-formed, very 

 short, and entirely cover the stem. Cones, solitary, somewhat 

 globular, composed of six scales, in opposite pairs ; those at the 

 base much the shortest, and the interior ones much the largest- 

 Scales, convex on the back, sharply ribbed, woody, and without 

 any terminal sharp-point. Seeds, in twos, under each of the 

 upper scales. 



A dense, narrow, pyramidal bush, growing 6 feet high, with 

 ascending branches, and dark green branchlets, found growing 

 in the Swan River colony, along the shores, where it is brackish 

 from being inundated, and along the south-western coast of 

 New Holland. 



It is not hardy. 



Gen. ARAUCARIA. Jessieu. 



Flowers, dioecious, or male and female flowers on different 

 plants. 



Cones, globular, and terminal. 



Scales, deciduous, or partially so. 



Seeds, attached to the scales. 



Leaves, scale-like, persistent, and widest at the base. 



JVame, derived from Araucanos, a people of Chili, in which 

 country Araucaria imbricata abounds, and where its seeds fur- 

 nish a great portion of the food. 



Section I. COLYMBEA, Salisbury, or the true Araucarias. 



Cones, very large. 



Scales, slightly winged, and deciduous. 



Seeds, indistinctly attached at the base. 



