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TAB. 4. 



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ARAUCARIA. ^uss, 



r 



■ M 



DOMBEYA. Ijam. 



PINI SP. Molin. 



DESCRIPTIO. 



F r 



F/ores dioici. Masc. ^mm^«;7^ dipsaciforme, ovato-cvlindrionm «? 



^ ' cjnnaiicum. Squama' nuinerosEe, sess les imliru^itJm -..i 



aximcommunem conicum compactie, filamentorum ^m,,!.. 1k . 1,7- imbncatlm ad 



-^. .-,,, „,„™, :,.,;, „,.„,„.;::*; .rr;::::n:::-rr 



J ■ 



L ■ _ _ V , t 



'■ - 



. Fcem. yi»CTfe« ovatum, in quo squamiB nnmerosffi, cuneiformes biflor«. r^ ■<■ ' ' '' 



t • . ' *'yfe nullus. Sft^MO bivalve, callosum, crassuni: ™&«&«m exterior 



ovato-ae,™,„ata, „,ajor, eoneava, aeu^ine lineari inflexo. interior niinor, sublinearis, oC ^ ta 

 Pe„carp.u.n= S^ro,,,. spb.neo-ovatns, cjns sqnan,. eonnivente, eoriaeeo-Iignos., e neifo^r l 

 .nine longo subulato ternnnat., di.pe„n.. Sen,e„: .V„. enneifor»is, apiee ter^inat a,d bre^ elllTA 

 nrarg.nab, bas, obtns. tetragona, debine gibba, supern.. eon.pre.sa, lateribns oppositis: .., J ,7 o^ 

 aeeo. Nucleus ejnsdent figure. Pa.o„ Diss.,-, in M.,n. Acad. Reg. Med. MaJ'l. , ,J 



1 H 



Thk genus belongs to the sixteenth elass of the Linn^an system, ..X^.A MonadelpMa, and to the Natural 

 Order Comfera: of Jussieu and Linnajus. 



In the month- of September, 1782, I left, for some time, my companion Don Hippolito Ruiz, and visited 

 1. mountams named Caramavida and Naguelbuta belonging to the Llanista, Peguefand AraueLo Indts 

 I spared neither pa.ns nor expense in fulfiUing the object of my mission, .and amongst many plants, which 



dTcribe' '" ' '"^ *"° ""'"*' '"™°"' ^ *'"""'' "' ''°""' ■'"'' ^'"'' *"" "■'' ^''''"'' I ''"' "bout to 

 The chain-or Cordillera of the Andes offers to the view in general a roeky soil, and in parts wet and boggy, 

 on account o the abundance of rain and snow, which fall in these regions, similar to many provinces of Sp^m 

 There are tabe seen large forests of this tree, which rises to the amazing height of 150 feet: its trunk, 

 quite straight and without knots, ending in a pyramid formed of horizontal branches, wbieli decrease in length 

 gradually towards the top, and is covered with a double bark : the inner is five or six inches thick, fungotis 

 tenacious, porous and hght, from which as almost from all other parts flows resin in abundance: the outer is of 

 nearly equal thickness, resembhng Cork cleft in various directions, and equally resinous with the iimer 



