TAB. 5. 



ARAUCARIA BRASILIANA. 



-X 



BRAZIL PINE. 



Aa..c.a. ......... Mis lax. in^ncatis ^.o^ r^ror^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ 



femineis subrotundo-ovaUbus : squuiuis apice recurvatis, ovanis sol.tanis 



Habitat co 



pios^ in Brasilice montibus nemorosis Organos dictis, non procul ab urbe K.o de Janeiro, 



DESCRIPTIO. 



Arbor face et ^ol. pr.cedenti. ; sed magis laxa et diffusa. Hami numerosi, foliosi approximati, ^ ^' ^ 

 nciUati. RaLli (in arlore ju.e,n) lenti, pat.li, vinnnei, teretes, cortiee vr.d. tev.qne obducU FoUa 

 . Uuceokta, mucronata, integemma, baud cartilaginea, pluH-nDn, magis laxa atque sub.tant>a tnplo 

 tenuiora quam pr.c.denU, glaberrima, suprA concava, l.te viridia atque nitida, sabms g auca et carmata, 

 aliquant6 lenta, 1 v. 2 pollice. longa, 3 lineas lata, ntrinque .ed pnesertim subtCs punct.s bneat. numerosis 

 minutissimisnotata; dim ilia «r4om ..««-a,. sunt spa>.a, patentia, liueari-laneeolata, attenuata, b.polbcana, 

 vix 2 lineas lata. J «™i« «««& nondum vidi ; /aj««« subrotundo-ovalia, in apice ramulorum sobtana, 

 sessilia facie et maguitudine capiti D,>.«« syhestrk similia: .?«»z« erassis, eompress>s, cuneato-obloug.s, 

 nuadrangulis, substantia' firmd subevosA, supra reeeptaculum conico-cybndricum dens4 colloeaUs, stngubs 

 . appendiee lanceolatA acut4 recurvata terminatis, ad basin lateris superioris intus eavis, atque foetA nuce soh- 

 tariA monospei-mft instructis. Nux facie et colore omnin6 prwcedentis. 



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The Chili and Brazil Pines have long been regarded as identically the same species; but a careful investi- 

 outioa proves them to be essentially different. The Brazilian species is characterized by its more spreading and 

 branchy habit; by its loosely imbricated, longer, glaucous-green leaves, which are of a much thinner and more 

 flexible texture than those of A. imhricata and terminated by a less rigid jioiut; and lastly, by the form of 

 its female amenta which are rounded-oval, with the scales terminated by a short, linear-lanceolate, acute, re- 

 curved appendage or scale, and bearing each solitary ovula. Its quick and vigorous growth Is also an important 

 characteristic mark. The Araucaria imhricata is, on the contrary, of remarkable slow growth, with 

 the leaves closely imbricated, very rigid, dark green on both sides, and of a thick coriaceous texture, car- 

 tilao-inous at the margins. The scales of the female amenta are terminated by a imich longer, broad-lanceolate. 



