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Araucaria rulei, Muell. Fig. 304. Leafy branchlets very long: Lvs. oval-elliptic, imbricated, concave, arched towards the branch, nearly or quite obtuse, with a prominent dorsal nerve, silvery gray on the upper and rich glossy green on the lower side. Variable at different ages. When young, the branches are often drooping and the Lvs. compressed and obscurely 4-angIed and nearly or quite subulate, var. polym6rpha, R.H. 1866, p. 350. There is also a var. compacts. New Caledonia. Reaching 50 ft. in height. R.H. 1866:390, and plate. I.H. 22:204. A strikingly beautiful plant and somewhat rare in cult. The figure in G.C. 1861:868, is A. Muelleri, Brongn. & Gris., a broader-lvd. species. Var Goldieana, Hort. (A. Goldieana, T. Moore). A variety with narrower Lvs. and with branches rather, more erect than the type. F. 1877:39. A var. elegans, Hort., is described ,with smaller Lvs., and close-whorled more slender branches: dwarf.
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