90 MR. BUNZO HAYATA ON JUNIPERUS TAXIFOLIA. 
I add a full description of the Bonin plant based upon a very perfect 
specimen from the same islands, which I owe to the kindness of Mr. H. Hattori. 
JUNIPERUS TAXIFOLIA, Hook. et Arn. in Bot. Beech. Voy. р. 811. (Pl. 7.) 
Arbuscula cire. 10 pedalis, trunco plus minus tortuoso, ramis horizontaliter 
patentibus, ramulis pendulis. Ramuli novelli triquetri, angulis subalatis, 
glabri. Folia linearia, 12 mm. longa, 1°5 mm. lata, obtusiuscula, patula, per 
triennium persistentia, basi articulata, sessilia, ternato-verticillata, integerrima, 
glabra, superne concava, glauca, subtus obtuse carinata. Flores amentacei, 
dioecii. Amenta d ex axillis foliorum annotinorum solitaria, cylindracea, 
obtusa, 5 mm. longa. Stamina 8—10, ternato-verticillata, dense imbricata, 
sessilia; connectivi appendieula squamiformis, late triangularis, obtusa, basi 
rotundata, ferruginea, obscure carinata, in ejus basi dorso anthera pendula, 
loculis 5-6 ellipticis utrinque obtusis 2-valvibus longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. 
Amenta 9 ex axillis foliorum annotinorum solitaria, globoso-elliptiea, 3 mm. 
longa, squamis 3-4-seriatim ternato-verticillatis. папе intime 3, verticil- 
late, crassiusculæ, basi leviter connectæ, subrotundatæ, obtusissimæ, ezeterum 
liberæ, triangulares, obtusæ, dense imbrieate. Ovula 3, erecta, cum squamis 
intimis alternantia, post foecundationem squamis auctis clausis operta. Galbulus 
globosus, 8-10 mm. in diametro, carnosus, extus squamarum apicibus et mar- 
ginibus prominulis notatus, coeruleo-fuscus. Semina 3, erecta, trigono-elliptica, 
subcomplanata, apice breviter costata, mucronata; testa ossea, in faciebus 
dorsalibus glandulis 2-3 resiniferis oblongis insculptis notata, in ventrali 
facie pauciglandulosa. 
Hab. Bonin Islands (К. Kawate, 1908). 
Distrib. Loo-choo Islands. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE 7. 
Fig. 1. Fragment of a branch bearing fruits, natural size. 
2. Fragment of à branch bcaring male flowers, natural size. 
3. Male flower. 
4. Stamen seen from without. 
5. The same stamen seen from within. 
6. Female flower. 
7. 'The same flower seen from a little above. 
8. Apical portion of the same flower, one of the innermost bracts taken ofl, showing 
three ovules alternate to the bracts. 
9. Young fruit, showing the innermost braets much enlarged after fertilization. 
10. Fruit seen from a little above. 
11. The same fruit seen from a little below. 
12. Seed, dorsal view. 
13. The same seed, ventral view. 
14. Embryo. 
. Section of a leaf. 
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(Figs. 3-15 are more or less enlarged.) 
