1913] BURLINGAME—ARAUCARIA BRASILIENSIS Ior 
spring. Numerous collections were made from one of the other 
trees in order to make sure that development in the cones from all 
the trees was the same. 
Fic. 3.—Staminate branch of A. brasiliensis bearing two old cones of previous 
season oa several young ones; note the new shoot from one of the old cones. 
In the fall (August to October) one finds the shoots of A. 
brasiliensis tipped with terminal buds, in some of which, distin- 
guished by being larger and plumper, one can find the very young 
cones. As soon as the branch has developed from such a bud, one 
