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Araucaria Brasiliensis Saviana, Parlatore. 

 Syn. Araucaria Saviana, Parlatore. 

 Leaves, when young, somewhat glaucous, and when old large, 

 linear-lanceolate, closely placed, and more or less turned back- 

 ward. Cones very large, and globose or somewhat oval; scales 

 broad, with long, linear-lanceolate, recurved, spiny points. 



It is said to be a native of the mountains of Bolivia, and to 

 be much hardier than the species, which is found in Brazil. 



No. 3. Araucaria Imbricata, Pavon, the Chili Pine or 



Monkey Puzzle. 



Syn. Araucaria Chilensis, Mirbel. 



Dombeyi, Richard. 



Abies Columbaria, Bcsfont. 



Araucana, Poiret. 



Columbea quadrifaria, Salisbury. 



Colymbea imbricata, Carriere. 



Dombeya Chilensis, Lamarck. 



Araucana, Rceuschel. 



Quadrifaria imbricata, Manetti. 



Pinus Araucana, Molina. 

 Leaves in whorls of from seven to eight in number, ovate- 

 lanceolate, spirally placed, rigid, concave, straight, smooth, 

 shining, deep green, very pungent, closely imbricated and car- 

 tilaginous on the margins, entirely covering the stem, and 

 remaining on for several years, from three-quarters to one 

 inch and three-quarters long, very sharp-pointed, somewhat 

 thickened at the base, but without any foot-stalk, and remaining 

 on the shoots for years quite green, but getting more separated, 

 closely pressing along the stem, and turning backwards as the 

 tree increases in circumference. Branches horizontal, some- 

 what ascending at the extremities, regularly divided laterally, 

 in opposite pairs, quite straight, from five to seven in a whorl, 

 and diminishing in length as they ascend higher up the tree, 

 until at the top they terminate in the leading shoot, and form 



