ARAUCARIA m B R I C A T A.
CHILI ?INE—PrHVEJ
•ARAUCARIA IMBRICATA, Pavon, In .V««. ^
Chili, I-k
Mt,dr..\.f. 197(1785); Lambert. CcwKji'/HiH.ed. i, ii. p, 9 (|8?4) ; ed 2
(182S) ; Poeppig, Rci,i i» Chili, i. p. 400 (1S35) ; London, Arbor, flril.. iv, p. 2432 (1S38) ; Forbes, Pinel. IVoiur,,.,
'3 (1839); Loudon, F.ncy<l. 0/Trta, v. 1062(1842); Linic, in Li'imn. p. 542(1842); C. Giy. m Ifiuoria/isica df
(1S45); Antoine, O « / , p. 107(1846); Endlicher, Coni/., p, 186(1847); Lindley and Gordon,
journ. nor,, c « . , v, p, (1850): Knight, Coni/., p. 44 (1R50): Carrière, Tra,lé G/n. des Co,ù/., p. 4.6 (1855) ;
Gordon, p. 24 (,858) ; llenkel and H,«;t,sleiter, Synop. KadoUuyU^. p. 4 (,865).
PIN'US ARAUCARIA, Molina, Chili, p. 182 (1782).
DOMBEYA CHILENSIS, l.amark, Did., ii. p, 301 (17S6).
DOMBEYA ARAUCARIA, Rauschel, Nomeacl. Hot., ed 3 (1797)
ABIES ARAUCARIA, Poir«, Snppi, v. p. 35 (1805).
COl.YMIIIvA QUADRIKARIA, Salisb., in Linn,ian Tra„s vii
ABIES COLUMBARIA, D e s f o n t . , P a r i s p 212(1809)
ARAUCARIA CHILENSIS, Mirb,, in J/««. xiii p 28(1
ARACCARIA DOMUEYI, Richard, f,.«./, p 86 (1826),
IXOS—Ctf«.- and Foliage.- [.ai '
-P-3'5(I8O7),
825) ; Spach, //isl. Nat Vig. Phawr., xi. p, 364 (1842),
57; Forbes, Piwl. Wobnm., t. 53 and 56 ; Loudon, A'bor.
llril., iv. f 2286 and 2292 ; Loudon, Encyd. 0/Tria, f,"i9;8 an
; Antoine, op. cil., t, 48 and 50 ; Richard, Coni/.,
Trcc-!.—\.zmbat. op. til., ed, 2.
Specific Character.—Arbor monoecia excclsa, corna pyramidato-conica, ramis horizontalibus vcl pendentibus
foliosis, foliis imbricatis patentibus, lanceolatis acutis pungentibus, subtus haud carinati.s, viridibus,
strobths magnis depresso-globosis, squamis acuminé incui-vato, seminibus cuneatis. Habitat in montibus
Chilensibus australibus, inter 35-50 lat, austr.
A lofty monoecious tree, varying in height from 40 to 150 feet, 12 feet in girth, and reaching as high
as 40 or so feet in the male, and 150 feet in the female. Stem straight. Bark ofthe old trees nearly a
foot in thickncss, of two layers, eaeh 5 or 6 inches deep. The outer, like cork,
but resinous ; the inner, spong>- and resinous. Branches verticil lated, usually in
fives to eights, the lower ones horizontal or drooping, the upper ones more
or less erect, the branchlets covered with leaves for many years (fig. i). Leaves
(fig. 2 upper anil fig, 3 under side) ovate-lanceolate, growing in spiral whorls,
very stifi', rigid, and .sharp-pointed ; slighdy concave
above, smooth, shining, and green on both
sides, not keeled below ; closely covered on both
sides with HAVS of stomates, \-arj-ing in number
according to the size of the leaf, but usually
about 100, A cross section of the leaf shews
that resin canals an<l bundles of fibres are distributed
at nearly e(|ual distances across the leaf, f.p. j..
ns shewn magnified in fig. 4. The resin canals
10 to 20 or thereby. They arc easily distinguished by being surrounded hy a circlet
surrounded by a well marked hypoderm under the epidermis. Fig, 5 is a more highly
1' m.ignified