Descr. A low, rambling bush, with tough, straggling, four- 
angled branches and branchlets, clothed with evergreen, ap- 
pressed imbricate leaves. Leaves one-tenth to one-sixth of 
an inch long, ovato-rhomboid, obtuse, ciliolate, convex at the 
back, obscurely keeled when dry. Male cones terminal, 
small, oblong or ovoid, one-eighth of an inch long, of twenty 
to thirty anthers, each consisting of a triangular scarious 
scale, having at its base two cells, opening by transverse slits. 
Female cones also terminal, ovoid or globular, one-fourth to 
one-third of an inch long, bright red, translucent. Scales 
thick and fleshy, with one naked ovule at their base. J. D. H. 
Fig. 1. Leaf. 2. Young female cone. 38. Seale and ovule of ditto. 
4. Ripe female cone. 5. Scale and ovule of ditto. 6. Branch of male 
cones. 7. Male cone. 8. Anther:—all but fig. 6 magnified. ‘ 
