66 WEST-AMERICAN 



Tribe Two -ARAUCARIE/E 

 SOUTHERN PITCH-TREES 



Mostly lofty trees, with branches in symmetrical 

 whorls; flowers dioecious (male and female on sepa- 

 rate trees); cones large, globular, or ovate; scales nu- 

 merous, arranged spirally, deciduous, united with the 

 bract, and each bearing but one seed. 



Three Genera: Araucaria,' Agathis (Dammar a of au- 

 thors), and Selis (Cunninghamia). All natives of South 

 America and the South Pacific islands. Many species 

 successfully cultivated on the Pacific Coast. 



(Mentioned here to complete the classification). 



Tribe Three.-TAXODIE/E 

 THE TAXODIADS. 



Less resinous than the two preceding tribes, but, 

 like them, differing fundamentally from the next 

 (Cupressince) in having spiral cones, leaves, etc. 



Cypress-like trees, including those of the largest 



