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ARAUCARIA 



ARAUCARIA 



302. Araucaria excelsa, a poor speci- 

 men because too crowded or not suffi- 

 cient light. 



F.S. 22: 2304-2305.— An excellent hoiise plant, and 

 keeps well in a cool room near a wiiuUnv. In fiiiminer 

 it may be used on the veranda, but must 1h' shaded. 



The (imlior is used 

 for ship-b\iilding. 



2. Cunninghamii, 

 Sweel . I'lants less 

 formal and sym- 

 metrical than A. 

 excelsa, the upper 

 branches ascend- 

 ing and the lower 

 horizon! al: Ivs. 

 stiff and very 

 sharp-pointed, 

 straiglit or nearly 

 so. There is also a 

 glaucous form (A. 

 gla itcn ) ; also a 

 weeping form. 

 Austral., where it 

 reaches a height 

 of 200 ft., yielding 

 valuable timber 

 and resin. Locally known as hoop pine, Moreton Bay 

 pine, colonial pine, coorong, cumburtu, coonam. 



3. Cookii, R. Br. (A. cnhunnaris, Hook.). A slender 

 columnar tree, much narrower in shape than A. excelsa 

 which it closely resembles when young: branches dis- 

 posed as in ,-1. exceUa, but tree tending to shed the 

 lower ones; branchlets crowded on the branches and 

 turning upwards in a boat-Hke form: young Ivs. 

 alternate and rather closely arranged on the branchlet 

 and Viin. long, broad 

 and slightly decurrent 

 at base, shghtly curved, 

 mucronate; adult Ivs. 

 densely imbricated,, 

 Bhort and ovate, ob- 

 tuse; cones 3-4 in. 

 diam. and somewhat 

 longer. New Cale- 

 donia, where it reaches a height of 200 ft., making 

 very straight and imposing shafts. B.M. 4635. A.F. 

 12:o.59. — Named for Captain Cook. Var. afirea, Ilort., 

 has golden-yellow foliage. There is also a var. gla&ca, 

 Hort., with silvery Ivs. 



4. Balansse, Brongn. & Gris. (A. elegans, Hort. 

 Bull. J. A dwarf-growing species of slow growth (when 

 grow'n as a pot-plant) and with few loosely arranged 

 tiers of branches, usually 5 in a tier; branchlets 

 distichous, narrow and deflexed with age: Ivs. imbri- 

 cated, short, stiff; J-gin. long, falcate, more or less 

 obtuse, dark olive-green in color: male cones cylindri- 

 cal-conical, 2-3 in. long; female cones globose or 

 elliptic, 4 in. long. New Caledonia. — Rarely grown. 

 The narrowest and most slender-branched species 

 in cult. 



AA. Lvs. broader, usvxilly -plane and imbricated. 



5. R&lei, Muell. Fig. 304. Leafy branchlets very 

 long: lvs. oval-elliptic, imbricated, concave, arched 

 towards the branch, nearly or quite obtuse, with a 



prominent dor- 

 sal nerve, sil- 

 very gray on 

 the upper and 

 rich glo.ssy 

 green on the 

 lower Bide. Variable at different ages. When young, 

 the branches are often drooping and the lvs. coin- 

 pres-sfs^l and obscurely 4-angled and nearly or quite 

 subulate, var. polymorpha, R.H. 18f)t), p. 3.")0. There 

 is also a var. compacta. New Caledonia. Reaching .50 

 ft. in height. R.H. 1860:390, and plate. I.H. 



.Xv^^ 



303. Araucaria excelsa. ( X H) 



304. Araucaria Rulei. ( X Vil 



305. Araucaria 

 Bidwillii. (XH) 



22:204. A strikingly beautiful plant and somewhat 

 rare in cult. The figure in (l.C. 1861:868, is A. 

 Miielli-ri, Brongn. & Gris., a broader-lvd. species. 

 Var Goldieana, Hort. {A. (loldieana, T. Moore). A 

 variety with narrower Ivs. and with branches rather 

 more erect than the type. F. 1877:39. A var. elegans, 

 Hort., is described ,with smaller lvs., and close-whorled 

 more slender branches : 

 dwarf. 



6. Bidwillii, Hook. 

 Fig. 305. Rather nar- 

 row in growth, especi- 

 ally with age, the 

 branches simple: lvs. 

 in two rows, lance- 

 ovate and very sharp- 

 pointed, thick, firm 

 and .shining. Austral., 

 w here it attains a 

 height of 1.50 ft., and 

 is known asbunya-bunya. R.H. 1897, p. 500, desc. G.C. 

 in. 15:465, showing the pineapple-like cone. — One of 

 the best and handsomest species for pots. 



7. braziliana, A. Rich. (/I. jrrfciKs, Hort.). Branches 

 verticillate, somewhat inclined, raised at the ends, 

 tending to disappear below as the plant grows: lvs. 

 alternate, oblong-lanceolate, 1-2 in. long, somewhat 

 decurrent, much attenuated and very sharp-pointed, 

 deep glaucous green, loosely imbricated: cone large and 

 nearly globular. S. Brazil, reaching a height of iOO ft. 

 F.S. 21:2202. Var. elegans (A. elegans, Hort.), is a 

 form with very numerous branches and more crowded 

 and often glaucous lvs. Var. Ridolfiana, Gord., is a 

 more robust form, with larger and longer lvs. 



S. imbricata, Pav. Monkey Puzzle. Figs. 306, 307. 

 A striking tree of pyramidal habit: branches generally 

 in 5's, at first horizontal, with upward-curving (some- 

 times downward-curving) tips, but finally becoming 

 much deflexed; branchlets in opposite pairs, curved 

 upward when young, and continuing to grow until 

 several feet long when adult: lvs. imbricated and per- 

 si.sting, even on the trunk, ovate-lanceolate, very stiff, 

 leathery, and sharp-pointed, 2 in. long on the primary 

 St. and branches, 1 in. long on the branchlets, shghtly 

 concave at the base, bright green on both sides: cone 

 6-8 in. diam. West- 

 ern slope of the An- 

 des in Chile, reach- 

 ing a height of 100 

 ft. F.S. 15: L577- 

 1580. R.H. 1893, 

 p. 1.53; 1897, pp. 

 271, 319, desc. Gt. 

 44:115. G.C. IIL 

 21:288; 24:154.— 

 Hardy in the S. 

 This is the species 

 which is grown in 

 the open in Eng- 

 land and Ireland. 

 The hardiest species 

 in cult. Thrives well 

 in a heavy loamy 

 soil in a moist valley 

 or position shel- 

 tered from rough 

 winds in mild clim- 

 ates. The branches 

 are heavy and 

 rather brittle and 

 the beauty and 

 symmetry is soon 

 destroyed if planted 



in an exposed posi- ^-.■•"- " " ' ' '' ' 



tion. Thetiml)eris 306. Araucaria imbricata. California. 



