﻿sequoia. CONIFERiE (auctor PARLATORE). 437 



celebri sub nomine Giant of the Forest arbore 55-pedaIi, ob ligni rubri coloris 

 praestantiam pluribus usibus aptissima, cortice' cinereo-rubente, rimoso, se- 

 cedente. Rami pro arboris altitudine breves. Folia lf-2-J- mill. lata, 10-20 mill. 

 longa. Amenta mascula 7-8 mill, longa, 6 mill. lata, sed demum angustata 

 et longiora, 9-10 mill. longa, 5-6 mill. lata, pallide lutea. Antherae in bracteis 

 inferioribus 5-4, in superioribus 3, pallide hiteae. Strobilus 18-25. mill. lon- 

 gus, 15-18 mill. latus, fusco-nigrescens. Nuculae fusco-rubentes (v. v.). 

 2. S. gigantea. (Torrey in Sillim. Journ. 2. ser. vol. 1-8. p. 150, ex Torr. et 

 Whipple's Expedit. p. 84), arbor ramis subverticillatis patentibus., inferio- 

 ribus subpendulis, snperioribus erecto-patulis erectisve, ramulis longius- 

 culis teretibus, foliis spiraliter insertis, ramorum approximatis inferne 

 adnato-decurrentibus supefne liberis patulis rigidis persistentibus lineari- 

 teretibus utrinque convexis margine obtusiusculis apice acutis mucronato- 

 pungentibus glaucescentibus , ramulorum imbricatis basi adnatis superne 

 liberis vix patulis late ovato-acuminatis mucronato-pungentibus' dorso con- 

 vexo-carinatis , amentis masculis... , strobilis ,ur ramulo recto strobilo ipso 

 breviore erectis ovalibus, squamis pluribus inaxi spiraliter insertis peltatis, 

 e basi late cuneata in discum transverse trapezoideo-oblongum utrinque acu- 

 tum dorso umbilicatum transverse acUtiuscule carinatum, apice bracteae 

 adnatae libero longiusculo lineari-subulato notatum superne et inferne ru- 

 gosum dilatatis , nuculis sub - 5 squama 1 subdimidio brevioribus compressis 

 ovalibus obtusis basi emarginatis utrinque alatis , ala nuculae latitudinem 

 subaequante. § In Sierra Nevada Californiae ad 5000 ped. alt' et 38° lat. bo- 

 real. loco dicto Mammoth-Tree Grove, prope fontes fluviorum S.tanislai et 

 Sancti Antonii nec non in Mariposa et Fresno Groves (Herb. Mus. Florent. !.) , 

 in California (Boursier de la Rivierel). — Dne ! in Rev. Hort 1855. p. 9. 1. 10. 

 f. 1. et in Bull. de la Soc. Bot. vol. 1. p. 70; Carr. Conif. p. 116, non Endl. 

 Wellingtonia gigantea Lindl. ! in Gardn. Chronicl. for 1853. p. 823; Hook.! 

 Bot. Magaz. t. 4777. 4778: Flor. des Serr. 9. p. 93. t. 892. 893 et p. 121. 

 tab. 903 ; Gord. ! Pin. p. 330. et Suppl. p. 106 ; Murr. Not. on Calif. Trees 

 part. 2. p. 9; Henk, et Hochst. Nadelhblz, p. 222. Washingtonia Californica 

 Winslow in Calif. Farmer for 1854; Hook. Journ. of Bot. and Kew Misc. 7. 

 p. 29. Taxodium Washingtonianum Winslow 1. c. S. religiosa Presl? Epim. 

 Bot. p. 237. Sequoia Wellingtonia Seem.! in Bonpl. 3. p. 27. 1855. in 

 adnot. et in Annals and Mag. of Nat. Hist. March 1859. p. 165, Mammolh 

 Tree Californ. Arbor vegetabilium omnium gigas et Florae decus, miras sylvas 

 efformans, trunco columnari recto, 250-327 pedes alto, diametro 15-30-pedali, 

 cortice fere cinnamomeo. Rami pro ratione plantse breves. Amenta mascula 

 oblongo-cylindracea, acutiuscula, 12-14 mill. longa, 4-5 mill. lata, eorum 

 bracteas apice longe acuminata? et erectae. Pistilla plerumque 7, minuta, 

 erecta. Strobili, quos e sylva Mammqth Tree Grove obtinui, 4-7 cent. longi. 

 3-4-j cent. lati. Squamae 17-26 mill. latee, 6-9 mill. 'altas, violaeeo-fuscse ; in 

 medio dorfei umbilicatae et mucrone lineari-subulato et fere setaceo, longius- 

 culo, recto notatae, carina transversah elevata, acutiuscula, supra et subtus 

 valde rugosa?, margine subcrenatae. Nuculas in quavis squama4-5, raro 6-7, 

 in squamis superioribus sa?pe 3, 6-7 mill. longae, 3-4 mill. laltae, fuscae , alis e 

 luteo-rubellis. (v. v.) 



VIII. CRYPTOMERIA Don in Linn. Trans. 18. 2. p. 166 ; Brongn. in Ann. des 

 Scienc. nat. V sirie, vol. 12. j). .231 ; Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. 2. p. 41 ; Endl. 

 Conif.p. 71; Carr.Conif. p. 153; Goird. Pin.p. 52.— Cupressi spec. Lmn>fil. 

 Suppl. p. 421; Thunb.Fl. Jap. p. '265.— Taxodii spec. Brongn. in Ann. des 

 Scienc. nat. 1" se'rie, edi. 30. p. 183, excl. var. (5, 



Flores in iisdem ramis monoici. Amenta mascula in axillis foliorum 

 anni praecedentis sessilia , prope apicem ramulorum in racemos breves 

 congesta, cylindracea, obtusa; bracteas in axi spiraliter insertae, imbri- 

 catae, subpeltatas.late ovato-orbiculares, inferiores psucaa, minores, ste- 

 riles, reliquas staminigeras. Antherae 4-5, subglobosae, uniloculares, lo- 

 culo longitudinaliter dehiscente. Amenta feminea in ramulo lonpiusculo 

 solitaria, terminalia, globosa. Squamae plures, axi sj)iraliter inserl». 



