

432 PLANTS Fia»M NKW CALEDONIA, 



The javciiile stato is remnrkaLly distinct. Instead of the casnarinoid 

 triinerons ultimate braiichlets, the young shoots bear free leaves in whorls 

 of 3-4, tlie loaves being linear, decurrontj dorsally carii^atOj apicidate, 2 cnL 

 lono'^ 1 mm. broad : tliey gradually diminish in length on later-produced 

 branches and so i)ass into the mature^ almost completel}^ adnate, cupressoid 

 ty]:ie of leaf. 



This species was described first by Parlatorc, as FveneJa sulcata^ front 

 material in the Ilookor Herbarium (now in Herb. Kew.) ; Brongniart and 

 Gris, who apparently did not see Parlatore's specimenj described as Frenela 

 Bidans^ a plant distributed as Balansa 182, nn example of which is also 

 in the Kew Herbarium. This ])lant is also distributed as l?alansa 2500. 



The other Frenela imperfectly described by Parlatore (DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 

 p. 447) as F, suhumhellata from a plant in the Hooker collection, is the 

 juvenile form of Callitrls sulcata, Parlatore^s two types are mounted on the 

 same sheet in the Kew Herbarium, labelled ''Moore 5/' and there is no 

 doubt that they are identical. 



Callitris sulcata var, ALriNA, R. H. Compton, var. nov. V^ariutas a 

 typo differt statura minore, habitu candelabriforme, ramulis confertis, et 

 internodiis brevioribus 2-3 mm. longis. 



Nekando ; abundant in Conifer fGrestj locally dominant on rocky places ; 

 serpentine; 3500 ft. 2026. This may be merely a habitat form, as it 

 differs from typical C* sulcata in points of degree only, such as might be 

 produced by the greater exposure in which it growls. I think, however, that 

 it should probably be regarded as distinct, on account of the discrete areas 



which the two plants iidiabit ; C sulcata 1)eing a lowlaml valley-dweller, not 

 found, in my experience, above 1000 ft. : wdiile the var, aljnna is found on 

 the same soil only at altitudes above 3000 ft., — the intervening two thousand 

 feet being a})})arently unsuited either to the type or the variety. My plant 



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the Ngoye Mountaijis at 1000 m. altitude. 



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CALLiTKorsis, H. II. Comptonj gen. nov. (PI. 27.) 



^Irhor monoocia. Folia verticillis tetrameris libra non adnata. Flares 

 feminei ex squamis 8 duobus verticillis similibus constructi ; squama? 

 angusta?, appendiculum dorsalem conspicuam terentes, baud tignospe ; colu- 

 mella centralis adest ; ovula orfchotropa circa 8. Semina 1-4 vix alata ; 

 end)ryo 2 cotyledonibus. Flares masculi strobiliformeSj ex pluri1)us verti- 

 cillis tetrameris constructi. Genus adhuc monotypicum* 



C. ARAUCAmoiDES R. H. Compton, sp* nov, Arhar usque 10 m. alta, 

 forma conica^ trunco erecto, cortice grisoo, omni1)us partibus resinosa. 



