ARAUCARIA. 27 



No. 4. Araucaria Cookii, R. Brown, Capt. Cook's Araucaria. 

 Syn. Araucaria columnaris, Hort. 

 „ Cupressus columnaris, Forster, 



Leaves, alternate, scattered all round the shoots, those on the 

 larger ones compressed, spreading, or curved, from half an inch 

 to 1 inch long ; those on the branchlets of young plants much 

 more slender, shorter, and more numerous, incurved and some- 

 what four-sided ; those on the adult trees closely imbricated, 

 rounded and almost inlaying upon the branchlets. Branches, 

 in regular distant, horizontal whorls, slightly bending down- 

 wards, and again ascending towards the extremities ; branchlets, 

 in two rows, along the sides of the branches, frequently 

 declining, and closely covered with foliage. Male catkins, 

 terminal, ovate, and about 1| or 2 inches long. Cones, ovate, 

 rounded at the ends, from 4 to 6 inches long, and from 2J to 3^ 

 inches broad, lateral, and sometimes in pairs. Scales, large, 

 gibbose, coriaceous, very thin on the edges, closely imbricated, 

 and terminating on the summit, in a long hooked spiny appen- 

 dage. 



A very tall tree, with a straight stem, covered with a thin 

 glossy bark, resembling the Norfolk Island Pine, but differing 

 in several respects, growing from 150 to 200 feet high, with a 

 very narrow head, very much resembling a well-proportioned 

 factory chimney. It is found abundantly on the islands of 

 Aniteura, New Hebrides, and New Caledonia. 



It is quite tender. 



No. 5. Araucaria Cunninghamii, Alton. Cunningham's 



Araucaria. 

 Syn. Altingia Cunninghamii, Don. 

 „ Eutacta Cunninghamii, Link. 

 „ Eutassa Cunninghamii, Spack. 



Leaves, very rigid, those on young trees vertically compressed, 

 sharp-pointed, straight, alternate, decurrent at the base, smooth, 

 dark green, shining, and disposed all round the branches ; half 

 an inch long, swelling towards the base, and awl-shaped, those 



