Bunya Bunya Pine. 



(Araucaria Bidwilli, Hook.) 



Irr this species of Araucaria, Queensland has one of its principal sources of supply of soft 

 timbers. It is very pale, even grained, easily worked, and useful wherever a pale indoor timber 

 is required. 



Description of the Tree. This is a beautiful forest tree attaining over 150 feet in 

 height, and now much cultivated for its symmetrical shape and the remarkable appearance 

 of its whorled branches, with their spirally arranged leaves, which give it a facies more 

 nearly approaching the South American A. imbricata than its Queensland congener, 

 A. Citnninghamii. It is, however, a very much quicker grower than the South American 

 Pine. 



The leaves are numerous, homomorphic, imbricate, spirally arranged, lanceolate 

 to ovate-lanceolate, sessile, under 2 inches long, shining, and broad at the base, midrib 

 not more developed than the numerous lateral veins, very sharply pointed. Male amentum 

 is sessile, arranged in closely and spirally packed catkins towards the end of the branches, 

 sometimes over 6 inches long, and \ inch in diameter, the imbricate scale-like apices of 

 the stamens four-sided. 



Fruit cones on the higher branches, ovoid, globose up to 12 inches high, and 9 inches 

 in diameter; the scales imbricate, 4 inches long and 3 inches broad, tapering towards 

 their winged base, the point of the sporophyll recurved and spinescent. A cone 10 Ib. in 

 weight was obtained from a tree, having also male catkins. 



Geographical Range. Coastal ranges of Queensland. 



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