CUNNINGHAMIAS AND ARAUCARIAS 233 
that in its day it has been regarded with suspicion 
as a missing link between the Puzzle Monkey and 
Taxodinez families. 
To those who wish to logically locate the precise 
niche in the temple of tree totemism that it has 
been called to. occupy, we will add, for the purposes 
of illumination, that it is described in the Kew lists 
as of the tribe Araucarinee, of the family Pinacee, 
and of the order of the Conifere. 
. We must add a warning note, that not only is 
this particular household represented by a Cunning- 
hamia Sinensis, but within its limited portals we 
read of another occupant named after the Cunningham 
clan, with a title near enough in sound of name to 
create bewilderment and discourage farther quest 
among those outside the esoteric circle of Doctrinaire 
Dendrologists. 
Besides the C. Sinensis of S. China, there is also 
in this same group an Araucaria Cunninghamii, the 
so-called Moreton Bay Pine from Australia, and 
they are two very distinct trees in spite of the family 
connection and similarity of name origin. The latter 
was named after the early Australian explorer, Allan 
Cunningham, while the Chinese subject of our dis- 
course was named more especially after one James 
Cunningham, the discoverer of the tree ; or possibly, 
as Loudon says, in honour of these two illustrious 
surnamesakes, so happily blest with the SeHiguehicg 
prenomens of Allan and James. 
It was the composition of the cone, we ‘cad that 
finally tipped the beam in placing the CC. Sinensis 
among the Araucarine. What concerns us most 
here is what other trees it looks. most like, and what 
it might be likely to be taken for. In general ap- 
pearance it has little in common with our A. Imbri- 
cata. The look of the leaf is said to bear the nearest 
resemblance to that of the Brazilian Araucaria. But 
