613 
In rupestribus umbro$!8 sylvae ad latiis meridionale montis Wiiljcniip, Planta- 
genet, 14. Oct. 1840. Herb. Preiss. No. 2109, 
,,Frutex quinquepedalis, rig^dus, strictus, ramis olongatis strictis" ra- 
mulis patulis. — Jia^ni vetustiores ^teret'iuscuW, riiguloso-coslulati, foliati, 
juniores ramulique patuli angiilosi, lineis elevatis e foliis descendentibus 
insti'ucti. Folia sparsa remota, in sicco rigida, pungeutia, seiuUtreti-trigona, 
antice plana vel concava, apice rigido-acuta, arcuatliu recurva, jtiriiora 
dorso carinala, vetusta, inpriinis prope apicem, concavata, 2 mm. circUer 
ionga. Spieae patulae, remotiflorae, bracteis foliifonnibus, vernm qiiam 
folia latioribus, brcviorlbus, reeds, patulis, bveviter clUpttco-lancPolatis, basi 
dilatatis, concaviusculis, post driipanim casiim persistontibns. Flores pedi- 
cetUiti bracteas superantes, in sicco fusci, clausi globosi; perianfhii limbo 
rotate qiiinquefido, vix 1 mm. lato, lobis ellipticis planiuscniis, obtusiuscn- 
lis , infra apicem concaviusculis, marginibus sub lente erosniis, enerviis, 
tubo an^ste cyiithiformi fusco in pedieellum brevem viridescentem exte- 
nnato. I)isci epirfyni profunde quinipielobi lobis elevatis, apice atro-fuscis, 
obtusatis iiicurvato-concavis in glandulas elevatas liberas mutatis. Slamina 
5, fdamentis brevibus luto-subulatis, antheris albicanti-luteis bilocularibus, 
inter disci sinus emergentibus. Stylus brevissimus, stigmate 2-3-obtuso- 
radiato (?). Drupa globosa, laevis, glabra, brevissime pedicellata, pe- 
i'lanthio aperto coronafa, tandem calva, I Va mm. In diam., sicca griseo-fusca, 
pericarpio tenuissirao, putamine isabellino crustaceo-fragili, laevi baud 
nitido , spermodermide tenuissima cum ejus pariete interne cohaerente. 
Albumen in massara amorpham exsiccatum. 
8. liCptomeria^ obovata itfiV. foliosn, glabra, foliis pla- 
niusculis carnosis breviter petiolatis obovatis vel elliptico- 
obovatis, acutiusculis vel obtusis, supra concavis, subtus 
convexis, enerviis, floribus axiUaribus qiiinquefidisj disco 
epigyno in glandulas 5 soluto^ stigmate emarginato. 
In regionibus interioribus Novae Hollandiac austro-occidentalis, Febr. 1841. 
Herb. Preiss. No. 2108. 
Species foliorura forma a reliquis omnibus distinctrssima. Frutex, ramis 
teretibus griseis, ramulls herbaceis, angulosis subtctragonis, foliatls. Folia 
sparsa^ alterna, basi in brevem petiolum contracta, carnosa , in sicco ru- 
gosa fuscescentia , obovata vei obovato-elliptica, acutiuscula, subacutata 
vel obtusa, supra concava subtus convexa, nervis nullis visibilibus, 4-G mm. 
Ionga, 2-3 mm. lata, patula, leviter incurva. Folia ramulorum florcnliuyn 
minora angustiora ceteroquin baud diversa, Flores solitarii, axillares, tubo 
perianthii contracto tereti sursum paruinper incrassato, 1 mm. propemodum 
longo quasi pedicellati, linibi 5-fidi lariniis ellipticis, staminibus 5, anthe- 
ris albicantibus, disco epigyno in glandulas 5 obtusas atro-fuscas soluto, 
stylo brevl, stigmate emarginato. 
9. lieptomeria? odorafa Miq. dense foUosajj ramulis 
sulcatis, foliis linearibus uni-vel obsolete trinerviis, ramu- 
lorum subfalcatis, acutiusculis, spicis longiuseule pedicel- 
latis minutis filiformibus subremotifloris, bracteis squamae- 
forniibus adnatis apice dentifonni patulo, perslstentibus, flo- 
ribus sessilibus parumper immersis, quinquefidis, stigmate 
quinquangulari. 
In arenosis syhae districtus Sussex, 19. Dec. 1839. Herb. Preiss. No. 2093 
Frntex? Rami ramulique confertissimi dense foliati, ill! teretes, cortice 
fusco lineis elevatis percurso, ligno albicante, hi densissimi, erecti, viri 
