Zwei neiie Gattiingen der Taxineen aiis Chile, 



von 



Dr. R. A. Philippic 



Professoi' der Naturgjeschichte in Sanjago. 



1, Iieplilothainnns Ph» ii. gen, Ta.vinem'nw, 



JLIioicHS? Monoicns? Flares viasculi termiiiales in forma 

 amenli parvi, ovoidei, vix ab extrcmitate rami slevilis di- 

 stincti, antheris eirciter duodecim formati. Antherae connecti' 

 vnm sqnainacforme, folio simile, exeentriee peKatnm; locnli 

 dno conncctivi margiui inferiori snbtns adnati, lougitndinaliter 

 dehiscciites. Fiores f emmet solitarii, terminales in apice 

 aliquautiilnm inflato , foliis latiorihns distincto ramulorum ses- 

 siles , illis Taxi similes* Ovulnm solitarinm in centro disci 

 sessile, orthotropnm. Frnctns sqiiamam brevem, cupnliformem 

 viridem, foliis nomnitlis minntis bracteiformibus cinctam basi 

 ostendit; pericarpium (sen cupula?) ovatnm, apice foramine 

 angusto pertnsum; epicnrpium tenue carnosnm ; mesocarpium 

 lignosum , endocarpium pellicula tenuis fuscesnens. Semen 

 raembrana lenui, fusca vestitum, apice papilla nigra lermiua- 

 lura. Fruetns immaturi mode adsunt et semen in iilis valde 

 collapsnm. ' 



