Araucaria rulei

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Read about Araucaria rulei in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

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. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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