Distrib. New Guinea (D.N.W., Waigiou, La Billardiere ; Ramoi, Jobi 

 Island, Ansus, Beccari}. Auiboina, (Celebes, Borneo, Java, Philippines, 

 Malay Peninsula. 



A beautiful tree, about 40 in. high, with straight white shaft branching 

 at the very top into a small, not very spreading crown with yellowish- 

 green foliage. 



The distinct habit of these trees, of which three to four were growing 

 near together, the crowns rising above the surrounding forest, was especially 

 noted, to be confirmed by the excellent description given by Rumphius above, 

 quoted by Parlatore (DC. Prod. xvi. 2, 374). Great lumps of white resin 

 stood out on the straight white trunks. 



The trees were all too big to climb, so it was only possible to collect the 

 old scales underneath, still in sound condition and in some cases attached 

 to the axes of the cones. Many young trees, + 20 in. high, showed the 

 fastigiate youth form characteristic of the genus (16, t. ix. f. 1). The leaves 

 in the above collection were from a young plant 2 m. high, with one whorl 

 of single branches + 2'75 in. long. As the leaves vary in size and texture 

 with the age of the plant, it is impossible to base a species on vegetative 

 characters alone, and A. Labillardieri Warb. is no doubt synonymous with 

 the above, as already suggested by Lauterbach, I. c. 



ARAUCAKIA BECCARII Warb. Monsunia, i. 187. A. Cunningliamii Becc. in 

 Malesia, i. 180 (non Ait.). A. Cunning kamii Ait., var. papuana Laut. 

 in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 1. (1918) 51. 



Arfak Mts., gregarious in parts in forest by ? lake. Seedlings. Dec. 

 5934. Young plant (1 m.). 5748. Old foliage and cones (pro-embryo 

 stage). 5749. 



Distrib. New Guinea (D.N.W., Arfak Mts., Hatam, Beccari). 



These handsome trees were quite abundant on the eastern bank of the 

 lake. They were about 25 in. in height and mostly in fruit. The large 

 erect cones are borne on the horizontal uppermost branches of the trees. 

 Many of the mature cones seen on the largest trees must be double the size 

 given by Beccari, but the indurated bases of old leaves densely investing the 

 trunks rendered climbing out of the question, and, having no axes with us, 

 they could not be felled. A smaller tree, felled by " parang, v yielded two 

 ? cones, one of which approximated to Beccari's measurements, while the 

 other was smaller. Both the cones were in pro-embryo stage, with the seed- 

 coat already quite indurated. The ovuliferous scale, not shown in A. Cun- 

 ninghamii, is very noticeable in this species, as Beccari has described, and in 

 this character it approximates to J. JIunsteinii K. Schum. (Fl. Kais. 

 Wilhelmsland, 12 (1889)). The cone-scales a re more elongate than in A. Cun- 

 nuiijkamii, with narrower base, more swollen apophysis, and a more pungent 

 apex. The leaves of the fertile branch are more spreading, 1 cm. long and 



