ARAUCABIA. 45 



spiny point, one-third the length of the scale. Seeds flattened 

 and appearing as if concealed within the scales, which they 

 resemble. 



A large tree, growing from 100 to 130 feet high, and 14 or 

 15 feet in giro, with a clear stem 80 feet high, and a rather thin, 

 loose head, found forming vast forests along the shores of More- 

 ton Bay and on the alluvial banks of the Brisbane River, in 

 Australia. 



There are the following varieties : — 



AeAUCAKIA CUNNINGHAMn GLATTCA, Aiton. 



Syn. Arauearia glauca, Loddiges. 



This differs from the species in nothing except in the glaucous 

 colour of its leaves and young shoots. It is a very striking 

 variety, and was first imported by Messrs. Loddiges from More- 

 ton Bay. 



Araucaeia Cunninghamii L0N6IF0LIA, Antoine. 



This variety has much longer and straighter leaves than the 

 species, and is altogether a more robust tree. 



No. 7. Abaucabia excelsa, B. Brown, the Norfolk Island 



Pine. 



Syn. Dombeya excelsa, Lambert. 

 „ Eutassa heterophylla, Salisbury. 

 „ Eutacta excelsa. Link. 

 „ Colymbea excelsa, Sprengel. 

 Altingia excelsa, Loudon. 



Leaves uneijually awl-shaped, compressed, somewhat four- 

 sided, curved, and of a light green, the adult ones imbricated, 

 bent inwards, and pointless, from half to three-quarters of an 

 inch long, thick, three-edged, and recurved towards the branches. 

 Branches regularly verticillate, spread out straight, or curved 

 upwards at the extremities ; lateral ones opposite or alternate, 

 horizontal, or drooping, very closely placed along the sides in 



