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scale, that is, a sixth part of the natural size. Fig. 1978. is a portion of a cone of the natural size. 

 Fig. 1981. a is a seed with the scale and whig of the natural size, and b is the kernel ; and Jig. 1982. 

 is a leaf of the natural size. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves in eights, imbricated, ovate-lanceolate, with per- 

 sistent mucros. (Pav.) An evergreen tree. Cordilleras, in Chili. Height 

 50ft. to 100 ft., rarely 150ft. Introduced in 1796, and flowering from 

 September to November. 



1979. A. imbricata: fern catkin, young. 



19SO. A. imbricata: fern, calkin, fullgrown. 



A very remarkable tree ; the female of which, according to Pavon, is about 

 150ft. high, while the male is seldom more than 40 or 50 feet high. The 

 trunk is quite straight, and without knots, with a strong arrow-like leading 

 shoot, pushing upwards. It is covered with double bark, the inner part of 

 which, in old trees, is 5 or 6 inches thick, fungous, tenacious, porous, and 

 light ; and from it, as from almost every other part of the tree, resin flows in 

 great abundance ; the outer bark is of nearly equal thickness, resembling cork 

 cleft in different directions, and equally resinous with the inner bark. In 



young trees, the 

 bark of the trunk 

 is studded with 

 leaves from the 

 base of the tree 

 upwards, which re- 

 main attached for 

 12 or 15 years. 

 The branches are 

 produced in whorls 

 of 6, 7, and some- 

 times 8, in a whorl, 

 the greater number 

 being nearest the 

 ground ; and the 

 branches diminish 

 in length as they 

 ascend higher up 

 the tree ; till, at the 

 top, they terminate 



in a kind of pyramidal head. They are 

 horizontal, inflexed, and ascending at 

 the extremities. These large horizon- 

 tal arms, clothed with closely imbri- 

 cated leaves, resemble, in young trees, 

 snakes partly coiled round the trunk, 

 and stretching forth their long slender bodies in quest of prey. The leaves 

 are sessile, somewhat thickened at the base, ovate-lanceolate, stiff, straight, 

 somewhat keel-shaped below, and strongly mucronate at the apex ; verticil- 

 late with 7 or 8 in a whorl ; imbricate, and closely encircling the branches ; 

 concave ri<nd Habrous, shining, marked with longitudinal lines, dotted on 



3 Y 4 



1982. A. imbricata. 



. A. imbricata. 



