Araucaria Bidwillii

The Bunya-Bunya of Australia, which forms a

large tree, reaching from 150 to 200 feet in height. The cones are

very large, and contain one hundred to one hundred and fifty

seeds, which are highly prized by the aborigines as food. They are

best when roasted in the shell, cracked between two stones and

eaten while hot. In flavor they resemble roasted chestnuts. During

the season of the ripening of these seeds the natives grow sleek

and fat. That part of the country where these trees most abound is

called the Bunya-Bunya country.