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Araucaria Bidwilli, Hooker.* 



Bunya-Bunya. Southern Queensland. A tree 150 feet in height,, 

 with a fine-grained, hard, and durable wood, particularly valuable 

 for furniture ; it shows its beautiful veins best when polished. The 

 seeds are large and edible. Mr. Hartmann observed trees 250 

 feet high. 





 Araucaria Brasiliensis, A. Richard.* 



Brazilian Pine. South Brazil. A tree 180 feet high, producing 

 edible seeds. Dr. Saldanhada Gama reports that it makes splendid 

 boards, masts and spars, and that the sap yields a good deal of tur- 

 pentine. Except a few palms (Mauritia, Attalea, Copernicia) this 

 seems the only tree which in Tropical South America forms forests 

 by itself (Martius). 



Araucaria Cookii, R Brown. 



In New Caledonia, where it forms large forests. Height of tree, 

 200 feet. 



Araucaria Cunninghami, Aiton.* 



MoretoQ Bay Pine. East Australia, between 14 and 32 south 

 latitude, extending also to New Guinea, according to Dr. Beccari. 

 The tree attains a height of 200 feet and a stem 6 feet in diameter. 

 The timber is fine-grained, strong, and durable, if not exposed to 

 alternately dry and wet influences; it is susceptible of a high 

 polish, and thus competes with satin wood and birds-eye maple 

 (Queensland Exhibition, 1877). Value in Brisbane, 2 15s. to 3 

 10s. per 1,000 superficial feet. 



Araucaria excelsa, R Brown.* 



Norfolk Island Pine. A magnificent tree, sometimes 220 feet high, 

 with a stem attaining 10 feet in diameter. The timber is useful 

 for ship-building and many other purposes. 



Araucaria imbricata, Pa von.* 



Chili and Patagonia. The male tree attains only a height of 50 

 feet, but the female reaches 150 feet. It furnishes a hard and 

 durable timber, as well as an abundance of edible seeds, which con- 

 stitute a main article of food of the natives. Eighteen good trees 

 will yield enough for a man's sustenance all the year round. The 

 wood is yellowish white, full of beautiful veins, and capable of 

 being polished and worked with facility. It is admirably adapted 

 for ship-building. The resin is pale and smells like frankincense 

 (Lawsoii). The tree is most frequently found on rocky eminences 

 almost destitute of water (J. Hoopes). 



