THE ILLUSTRATION HORTICOLE. 



ARAUCARIA BALANSAE, ad. brongn. & gris. 



NAT. OED. CONIFERA. 

 ETYMOLOGY : The typical species of the genus is so called after the Araucanos territory by the Chilians. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER : flares dioici vel raro monoici. Masculi : amenta terminalia, solitaria v. gemina, cylindracea v 

 ovali ant oblongo-cylindracea, basi perulis cincta aut nuda. Bracteae plurimae arete imbricatae, axi insertae, inferne angustatae et 

 fere etipitatae, apice ovatae v. subrhombeae et sursum versae, subtus antheriferae. Antherae 6-plures, duplici ser ie dispositae, 

 uniloculars, loculo lineari postice longitudinaliter dehiscente. Feminei : amenta terminabia, solitaria, ovoidea, basi nuda vel fdfo 

 l„. longioribus annuli ad instar cincta. Squamae plurimae, spiraHter dispositae, dense imbricatae, c bractea coriacea 

 ,,|,m-,,. apice appendiculata et lepidio tenui, breviore, totidem vel maxima parte adnato compositae. Ovat 

 inn, basi tdnatam, ovatum rel oblongum. Stylus brcvis. Stigma orbiculare, pervium. StroUlus magnus, suglobo- 

 rel rilipticn-globosua, basi nudus vel foliis supremis involucratus , secundo anno maturescens. Squamae plurimae li ff 

 ;-mh«- imbricatae, ab axi solvendao, saepissime steriles, paucae fertiles, e bractea crassa et lepidio bractea 

 , t bevriore, team, totidem adnato v.l apice tantum libero compositae, cuneatae, apterae vel late alatae, apice 



trui-Mi-i .mum -up.' li.-r.^.i r\ apj). inliculata, appendicula longiuscula acuminata recurva. Nuculae s 



it.M.bloiigac, srjuamia adnatis, apice libero. Pericardium coriaccum. Embryo cylindraceus , in axi albunrinis carnos 



|..ni.'itii.!in..: cotyledonibus 2, integris vel profunde bipartitis unde videntur 4, semiteretibus , hypogeis v. epigeis • 



radicul.i (\lmdi .< i. mt.i i - Arb»r> s rjrehae. ppa,n,data< . n^n^w. in A,,«raa a/^hah ,i ,„ ,„ N „/,, Mttanrs,,, 



/' ./, ni,ht< roi,si;hn„trs. Bami h-plures verticillati, fere horuonfalcs vel subpcnditU aut a, 



rrl rrmothtsculis. Fdia spiral iter disposita, coriacea, nunc plana , nunc compn- 





/hri</cris difformia, 



saepe pungentia. Nuculae intcrdum edules. 







, PI. 413. Dombeya, Lam. 111. t. 828. Columbea et Eutassa, Salisb. Alti: 







I m. alta; ramiili adulti distichi, adscendentes ; folia arboris adultae in ramulis 





i vel arcuato' 



■uncmata, ovato-triangularia, medio 



ibn< ir,t. Bqnamiformia, -1-5 mill, longa 

 utrnuiu.. canuata. itiume subtetragona , basi obliqua, subrhomboidali inserta, punctulis albis multiseriatis 



■oonica, pu.Ium arcuata 3-5 cent, longa, 1 •/, cent, lata, basi bracteis imbricatis involucrata, inferioribns nv. 

 ' ' "'" l0D &* '"'""'""-''i'^ularibus, stamina arete hnbricata connectivo 2 '/. mill, longa triangulari 

 tttodo, paulam arcuato, lobi polliniferi decern, his patentibns breviter mucronulatis , illis concavis apice paulo cue 

 Olibus immixtus, crassior, 4-5 cent, longus, foliis squamiformibua distantibus, tri 

 tM ptico globosus, 10-11 cent, longus. 7-8 cent, latus; squamae obovato-cuneatae, 3 cent, longae 

 ■ «4 J'J J ^ wconacea, Benn-roduntata externc convexa sicutque transverse carinata nitida incrassatae, in appendicem 

 • ■'" vel rectam, 3 mill, longam productae, lateraliter in alam scariosam fulvam, fragilem, 1 cent. 

 Solaris, apice tantum libera, margine subtiliter flmbriata. Habitat in silvis Now 

 ' • (BaW, V 2511) . (Desc ex ^^ ^ Gr . s] __ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Gan ^ ^_ ^ a 



- ■< eae, Brongmart et Gris, in N»" Arch, du Museum, Mem, 

 An,,,h„, p> Mr Bakasa, the discoverer of this splendid 



' ^ 't attan. u height of 130 to 160 feet. He found it 



.■;::;" ";■ l ^ r * gharry elegant. The leaves are 



l«-»»^uIoi.is at the tips. They are scalv not p 



^ngul.u. shghtlv obtuse, somewhat tetn-onnnf Z 

 turrowed. Messrs. Bron -us and four- 



ennes ,s i . t , ■ l l01 ^ I1,ait und Gris describe the male 



,lf M 1 1 w > inches long The standi 

 10 anther lobes , of which the in C ° nneCtive bears 



^emner are concave and slightly 



II, 3, 206, pi. 13. 



hooded at the top; it is about a tenth of an inch long, 

 triangular, curved, shining and coriaceous. The appendage 

 surmounting the scale of the cone is triangular, almost 

 straight and about an eighth of an inch long. 



This fine species has at length been introduced in a living 

 state and is now in Mr. Linden's collection; it will pro- 

 bably be followed by other new and curious Conifers from 

 the same region, so rich in vegetable wonders. The first 

 plant imported was exhibited at Florence, in 1874, under 

 the provisional name of A. Neo-Caledonica. A closer exami- 

 nation has enabled us to identify it with the species bearing 

 the name under which we figure it. Our plate represents 

 the habit of a young plant in Mr. Linden's possession , and 

 the analytical details are copied from Mr. Cuisin's beautiful 

 plate executed for the Nouvelles Archives du Museum. 



