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sixty species, scattered over the surface of the globe south of the 
Equator, Athrotaxis and Microcachrys, (Hook, fil.) are the only 
two that are restricted to a single locality. Of the first of these 
there are but three species, all limited to an area not greater than* 1 
Yorkshire. Araucaria, on the other hand, of which there are 
five known species, has them very widely dispersed, only one 
country, Australia, presenting two of them. 
Although some uncertainty still exists respecting the kinds of 
Coniferce inhabiting the vast tracts of the Cape Colony, and the 
rarely visited mountains of Chili and Patagonia, those of Austra¬ 
lia and New Zealand are now so well understood, that the fol¬ 
lowing notices may be considered as probable approximations to 
their actual distribution. 
I. Araucaria,* Juss. This genus includes five known spe¬ 
cies, each with a remarkably narrow range, thoughtoget her they 
form a widely diffused genus: 1. A. excelsa, Aiton, the Norfolk 
Island Pine, is probably confined to that island; one of the Aus¬ 
tralian species (A. Cunningkami) which had been supposed the 
same, having proved very distinct from it, and the New Caledo¬ 
nian one not being fully authenticated. 2. A. Bidwilli, Hook, 
(in Lond. Joum. of Bot. v. 1, p. 503, t. X.) is a noble and 
recently-discovered tree of the Brisbane Mountains, near Moreton 
Bay, New Holland. 3. A. Cunningkami, Aiton, the Moreton 
Bay Pine, grows on the shores of the waters of the same country. 
4. A. hnbricata, Pavon, the “ Banksian” or “ Chili Pine,” is 
confined to the Chilian Andes, between the parallels of 37° and 
46°. 5. A. Brasiliensis, the Brazilian Pine, is indigenous on 
the mountains of South Brazil, in the neigbourhood of Rio de 
Janeiro, and is more abundant in the province of St. Paul’s (as I 
was informed in that country). It is not improbable that the 
species, stated to have been found in New Caledonia by Cook, 
may prove distinct from any of the above. 
* This genus has lately been broken up into two ; the first containing the Brazilian and 
Chilian species, for which the name Araucaria has been reserved: to the other, which 
includes the A. Cunninghami and A. cxcclsa , Salisbury’s name of Eutassa is given. The A. 
Bidwilli would belong to Araucaria , as thus limited. The validity of these genera has 
hardly been acknowledged by Botanists. 
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