A. Cookii

(Cook's).* l. awl-shaped, short, densely imbricated around the frondose branches. Described by Mr. Abbay as having "a somewhat curious habit, even when growing alone, of shedding their branches for five-sixths or more of their height, and then replacing them by a smaller and more bushy growth, so that the tree at a distance presents a very columnar appearance, the resemblance being increased by the summit being crowned with a ma of foliage somewhat like a capital." h. 200ft. New Caledonia, 1851. S YN. A. columnar is. IMG:7081556231692414330_i_106.jpg: F IG . 144. A RAUCARIA EXCELS A .