6 DR. M. T. MASTERS ON THE 
Tribus IT. TAXINEZ. 
Flores monoici vel dioici; testa sicca arillata vel exarillata. 
Ovula semper vel ad postremum erecta. Subtribus 1. Tax 5 #. 
Ovula exarillata ..........e ee aes seeeee 4, PHEROSPHARA. 
Ovula arillata. 
Flores feminei perulati. 
Ramuli foliaceo-dilatati ............ 5. PHYLLOCLADUS. 
Ramuli teretes...... ccc. cece cece 6. Taxus. 
Flores feminei eperulati ............-. 7. DACRYDIUM. 
Ovula semper vel ad postremum inversa ; testa sicca 
arillo carnoso circumdata. Subtnibus I]. PopocaRPEA. 
Pedunculus bracteeque demum carnosx 
concrescentes ..... os Faewsee ..... 8. Popocarpus. 
Pedunculus lignosus. 
Fructus laxe spicati; folia linearia .... 9. Sracnycarpus. 
Fructus dense aggregati. 
Folia specie disticha linearia; flores 
MOMOICL. ... cece eee ee te eee 10. SAXEGOTHAEA. 
Folia tetrasticha squamiformia; flores 
C00) cy ll. Microcacurys. 
PHEROSPH ERA. 
A genus nearly allied to Dacrydium, established by Archer 
and Hooker, in Hooker’s ‘Kew Journal of Botany,’ in 1850. 
The leaves are decussate and spirally imbricate, the flowers 
dicecious ; male flowers terminal, anthers subsessile, spirally 
arranged ; connective with a scale-like projection ; pollen sub- 
globose, somewhat trigonous, or oblong curved, with opaque 
spaces at the ends or angles. In the female flowers loosely 
imbricate bracts are alone visible, without any trace of scale 
externally, but no opportunity of examining the microscopical 
structure has presented itself. The solitary ovule, at first in- 
verted, proceeds apparently directly from the base of the bract, 
which does not become succulent. The seed, which is ultimately 
erect, is not surrounded by any aril. By Eichler this genus is 
included under Dacrydium, but the aggregation of the female 
flowers, the simplicity of their structure, and the absence of an 
aril, seem to warrant keeping it distinct. 
The plant is a native of Tasmania and of the Blue Mountains 
of Victoria (see Hooker's ‘ Icones Plantarum,’ t. 1383). 
