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rum fleatibus 4-5 brevi-lanceolatis viridibiis appressis, vc- 
tustioribus loiigiusculis subpatulis, anientis femineis in ap}" 
cibus ramulorum solitariis brevibus cxigiiis, vaginis flori- • 
feris 4-5-tIentatiS5 strobilis femineis niaturis breviter pe- 
duneulatis subglobosis, bracteolis longe uncinato-spinosis. 
In itlanitie arenosa Quangen, distr. Victoria et in planitie arenosa prima cis fl. 
Gordon, distr. Hay, 20. Mart, et 7. Nuv. 1840. Herb. Preiss. No. 2004. 
Frutex bi-tripedalis, i-amosissimus", habitus fere cypressoidei. Rami 
vetustfores hand nodosi, cortice castaneo - fusco laevi, teretes, Juniores va- 
"inarum riidimentis subuunulato - nodosi. Hamuli cinereo - virides, oppositi 
terni, l-^ cent, longi, patuli, recti vel leviter curvati, tenues, tereti-tetra- 
oni inqiie faciebus sub lente sulcati, glabri, internodiis (nudo oculo vix 
istinguendis) '2 mm, plus minus longis. Vayinae pallide virides in denies 4-5 
acutos adpressos concolorcs partitae, dentibus in vetustioribus emortuis paulo 
longioribus patulis. Amenta ma.sc. (antu florendi tenmnum) 3 - 4 mm. longa, 
vaginis floi^iferis remotiusculis plerumque 4-0^ singulis 4'5-denticulatis. 
nato-spinosi. Bracteae latae, breviter acumlnatae, piiberulae. Bracteoiae 
longe exsertae, singulae perpendiculariter bifidae, lamina externa triangii- 
lari sensim in spinam compressiusculara, nnrlnato-recnrvatnm excurrente, in- 
terna plana, brevi-spinosa vel mutica. Semen atro-fuscum nitidum, com- 
pressura, triangulare, in alam nervo medio excuvrente mucronatam tenninatum. 
Qcserv. An 6\ tenuissimae Sieb. cognata?, differt ex descnptione 
amentis masc. baud filiformibus , ramulisque hand erectis. 
8. 
microstacliya 
ramulis oppositis alternis dieliotomisque. obtuse tetragoms 
tenuiterque sulcatis glabris, vaginarum dentibus plerumque 
4 lanceolate -acuminatis, acumine sphacelate patule sensim 
delitescentes amentis masc. terminalibus et lateralibus, so- 
litariis et aggregatis, abbreviatis ellipticis densifleris, va- 
ginarum dentibus 4 bracteolisque ciliatis. 
In Bolo sublimoso-glareoso distr. Hay, 8. Nov. J840 florens. Herb, preiss. 
No. 1997; in arenosis planitiei hand longe a praedio rustico Maddiogton distr. 
Perth, 2. Nov. 1839, nonduiu bene ilorens No. 1999. 
„F*-utex 1-3 pedaHs ramosissimus" ob ramulorum frequentissimam ra- 
mificationem alternam, oppositam et quasi dichotomam, amentaque brev»a 
numerosa singularem habitum prae se ferens. Rami tetragoni, angulis pro- 
tractis, faciebus concavis. Ramuli cinereo -virides, ad vaginas fuscas pa- 
>r contract), tetragoni, angulis obtusis sub lente repando - crenulatis, 
us snicatis glabris, nascentibus subpuberulis; internodiis 2-5 mm. lon- 
gis. Vaginarum denies tali fere n!gr!canti-sphacelati. Amenta masc. ad 
ramulos lateraiia conferta aggregata vel et terrainalia .sessilia brevia ovato- 
elliptica vel elliptica, 3-4 mm. longa, adspertu castaneo -fusca. Denies va- 
ginarum basi, bracteolaeque marginibus ciliatae. 
Forma omnllvajs partibus tcnerlor; ramulorum sulcis ju- 
morlbu3 perspicne pubendis* 
In gubarenosis planitiei baud longe a praedio rostico G. Moore, distr, York, 
10. Sept. 1839. Herb. Preiss. No. 1997. 
rum per 
facieb 
„Frutex WpedaWs". 
,,ft ruiex Dipraaiis'^. 
Casuarinae nanne Sieb. affinis? sed in hac denies vagmanim appro 
SSI. 
