. The cultivated evergreens; a handbook of the coniferous and most important broad-leaved evergreens planted for ornament in the United States and Canada. Evergreens; Conifers. ENUMERATION OF CONIFERS 243 to 100 feet tall, with spreading and slightly pendent branches raised at the ends, in whorls of 5-7, with the branchlets and leaves tufted at the ends, tending to disappear below as the plant grows: leaves oblong-lanceolate, much attenuated and very sharp- imbricated: staminate flowers 4-5. 1-2 inches long, somewhat decurrent, pointed, deep glaucous green, loosely inches long: cones globose,
. The cultivated evergreens; a handbook of the coniferous and most important broad-leaved evergreens planted for ornament in the United States and Canada. Evergreens; Conifers. ENUMERATION OF CONIFERS 243 to 100 feet tall, with spreading and slightly pendent branches raised at the ends, in whorls of 5-7, with the branchlets and leaves tufted at the ends, tending to disappear below as the plant grows: leaves oblong-lanceolate, much attenuated and very sharp- imbricated: staminate flowers 4-5. 1-2 inches long, somewhat decurrent, pointed, deep glaucous green, loosely inches long: cones globose, 5-6 inches across; scales with a recurved spine at apex. Southern Brazil.— Introduced to Europe in 1819. Var. Ridolfiana, Gord. A more robust form with longer and larger leaves. } Var. elegans, Laws, (var. gra- ' cilis, Carr.). A form with more \ numerous and slenderer branches ^^J^^yNiy'v and more crowded, narrower, and -^^^^^^^^'^ often glaucous leaves. 3. A. araucana, K. Koch {A. imhricata, Pav.). Monkey-Puzzle. Fig. 62 and Plate XVII. A striking tree of pyramidal habit, to 100 feet tall; branches generally in whorls of 5, at first horizontal, with upward-curving (sometimes down- ward-curving) tips, but finally be- coming much defiexed; branclilets in opposite pairs, curved upward when yoimg, and continuing to grow until several feet long when adult: leaves imbricated and persisting, even on the trunk, ovate-lanceolate, very stiff, leathery, and sharp-pointed, 2 inches long on the primary stem and branches, 1 inch long on the branchlets, slightly concave at the base, bright green on both sides: staminate flowers 3-5 inches long: cone globose-ovoid, 5-8 inches in diameter; scales with lanceolate acuminate appendage about 1 inch long at apex; seeds about 1 inch long, obscurely 4-angled. Western slope of the Andes in Chile.—A few plants were brought to England in 1795 by A. Menzies, but remained very rare until in 1844 Wm. Lobb sent a large supply of seeds. This is the hard
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