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CONOSPERMUM TAXIFOLIUM. YEW-LEAVED 
CoNOSPERMUM. 
KKK EERE KER ERE EEK 
Class and Order. 
TETRANDRIA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Proreacez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianth. tubulosum, ringens: lacinia suprema basi for- 
nicata. Anthere tres incluse: laterales dimidiate : supe- 
rior biloba; primum coherentes, lobis proximis vicinarum 
loculum constituentibus! Stigma liberum. Nux obconica, 
papposa. 
Frutices. Folia sparsa, integerrima, plana, rariusve 
Jiliformia. Spice axillares, v. terminales, composite, sensim 
 florentes inde corymbose. Flores solitarit, sessiles, unibrac- 
teati, albi v. cerulescentes. Perianthium deciduum. Brac- 
tea cucullata, persistens. Br. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Conosrpermum taxifolium ; foliis lanceolato-linearibus acu- 
tis mucronatis tenuissime pubescentibus verticalibus 
basi tortis, pedunculis axillaribus. Br. ; 
Conosrermum taxifolium. Smith in Rees Cycl._ Br. in 
Linn. Trans. v.10. p. 154. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. 
Holl. v. 1. p. 369. Sieber Fl. Nov. Holl.n.43.? 
“ Conosrrrmoum falcifolium. Knight et Salish. Prot. 95 fl 
onan 
Descr. An erect twiggy shrub, with its stem and few 
ches more or less pubescent; sometimes glabrous. 
Leaves numerous, scattered, rigid, from one half to three 
uarters of an inch long, linear-lanceolate, with a very 
sha P point, somewhat obliquely twisted, erecto-patent, 
oe : pubescent 
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