CONIFERAE. LXXVI. CUPRESSINAE. 



SECTIO V. ACRAMPHIBRYA. 



a u I i s a p i c c s i in u 1 e t o ui b i t ti 

 crcscens.— Veyelatio peripkerico terminalU 



COHORS I GYMNOSPERMAE. 



Ovula nnila, in folio carpellari aperto 

 v. in disco pcrvio, micropyle m tteriamfoecuii- 

 dantein iiniuediatiin reeipiente. 



Classis Wt». Conlferne. 



Coniferae JMHH S'". p. 411. I. C. Riciiar.l Com- 

 mentntio bota-iica de Coniferis et Cjcadeis, edid. A. Ri- 

 chard. Stittgardiae, 1836. 40. 



Arborks v. Fruticks ramosi , ligno sae- 

 pius vasis spiralibus destituto, c celitilis elon- 

 gatis porosis coitfi.ito, succis resinosis intei 

 vasa propria corticalia receptis scatentes. Fp 

 lia sparsa, opposita v. fascieulata , saepe 

 rigida, acerosa. Florks diclines, amentacei. 

 Pkrigonium nullum. Ovula in squamis aper 

 tis nuda, v. intra discum pervium sessilia, 

 erecta v. inversa, orthotropa, rarissime an 

 tropa. Fructus disco accrescente subdru paceus, 

 v. sijuamis indurescentibus strobilaceus. Sk- 

 mina nuda, albuminosa. Ehbryo axilis , anti 

 tropus v. rarissime orthotropus, cotyledo 

 nibus 2, v. saepius pluribus, verticiliatis 



Ordo MjXXWM. Cupressinae. 



CUPRESSINAE L. C. Ricliard Conif. 137. Bartl. Ord. 

 nat. 93. 



Arborgs saepitis excelsae v. Fructices 

 ramosisslmi, ramis plerumque sparsis. Folia 

 opposita, verticillata v. sparsa, perennantia 

 rigida, angustc linearia, parva, sacpius seria 

 tim imbricata. 



Florks monoici v. dioici, staminibus 

 etsquamis ovuliferis (foliis carpicis aper 

 tis) axi communi insertis, imbricatis, ebra- 

 cteatis, amenta terminalia v. lateralia, soli- 

 taria aut rarius conferta, intcrdiitn spicata cou- 

 stituentibus. 



Amenta mascula. Stamina pliiiima, 

 nttda, axi undique inserta, subhorizontaiiit. 

 Filamenta brevissima, crassa, in connecti 

 vtiin sqiiamacforme, excentrice peltatuin, raar- 

 ginc superiore angtistius productiim. Anthe- 

 rae loculi quatuor ad duodecim , connectivi 

 margini inferiori subtus adnati , ovati v. ob- 

 longi, paralleli , discreti, iongitiidinalitcr de- 

 hiscentes. Pollen globostim. 



Amenta feminea. Souahak ovuliferae 

 paucae, circa axim abhreviatam verticillatae, 

 imbricatae, v. juxta axitn plus minus elonga- 

 tam undique inscrtae , pcltatae , ebracteatae. 

 Ovula ad basim squam.trum v. juxta earun- 

 dem stipitem solitaria, gemina v. indefinita, 

 sessilia, crecta, orthotropa, apice pertusa et 

 saepius in collum styliformcm, peracta foecun- 

 datione obliteratum producta 



Fructus squamis carnoso -incrassati v. Ii- 



gnoso- induratis, drupaceus v. strobi- 

 laceus, sqtiamis plus tnintis intcr se con- 

 natis v. arcte reclusis, maturitate saepius ad 

 suttiras dehiscentibiis. 



Skmina ad basim squainarum solitaria, 

 ge.nina v. plurima, erecta. Testa membrana- 

 cea, lignosa v. ossea, interdum angulata, sae- 

 pius titriiique iu al.un meinbranaceam produ- 

 ct;i. Albuuien c.irnosuin, parcum. 



Euiikyo antitropus, axilis, albuminis ut pluri- 

 mum longittidinc. Cotyledones duae, rarius 

 tres ad novem, oblongae, obtusae. Radicula 

 cvlintlrica, apice cmn albuminc concrescens, 

 verticem scminis spectans, puncto insertionis 

 ejusdem e diatnetro opposita, ideoque res- 

 pectti sqttainiie supera. 



Cupressineae ab affinibtis Abietineis 

 antheraritm loculis connectivo peltato sttbliis 

 adnatis, et ovulis ereclis facillime distinguen- 

 dae, climatis temperati coeluin mitius praedi- 

 ligunt, Europam mediain et mediter- 

 raneam, Asiam imprimis maxime orien- 

 talem, Americam borealem, Caput 

 bonae spei et Novam Ilollandiam in- 

 colentes. 



1*89. JTuntperns LIXX. Florcs dioioi, 



io ili. 



Ui 



axitlaria v. subtcnninalia , globosa, ininima. S t a- 

 mina plurima, ninl.i, axi untlitjuc inserta; 1'ila- 

 menta exccntrice pcltata, iinbricata; anthcrae 

 loeulis ternis v. senis tongitudinaliter dehiscenti- 

 bus, margini inferiori subtus adnatis. F e m. 

 Amen ta axillaria, ovata, basi imbricato -bractea- 

 ta. Involucrum c sijuamis S_6 , basi ctiali- 

 tis, uni - triovulatum. O v u 1 a e basi involucri 

 erecta, ortholmpa, lagenaefonnia, apiee pertusa. 

 F ru e t u s drupaceus, basi squamosus, invo- 

 lucro baccato, apice nmbilicato et scminibus 

 osseis. Scmina 1_3, crecta , ■nbtrinae- 

 tra; testa ossca, versus basim foveolis rcsini- 

 feris instructa. Embryo in axi alliuminis car- 

 nosi anlitropus, cjusdem longitudine, eotyledo- 

 nilius 2, oblongis, radieula cylindrica, supera. 

 — slrbores v. arbusculae , in montanis rcgionum 



America boreali rarissimae; ramis crectis sive 

 pendulis, foliis lincari-lancec-latis, rigidis 



utis , squamacformibus, gemmis nudis. 



Juniperus Linn. gen. n. 1134. Giirtu. //. 08 t 91. 

 Sclikuhr (. 33S. L.C. Riciiaid Conif. 137 t 5 6" Latiii*! ~S,r 

 II. t.S. Ncesjui, Ge:.. „/. u. ti. Juni n erus'et 

 C e d r u s Toumef. in.l. 361. 



I'»0. Thllja TOVRXEF. Flores indiver- 



raiuis munoici. Masc. Amenta tenninalia, 



Jidea, minima Stamina plurima , nuda, axi 



crta; filamenta cxcentrice peltata, laxe im- 



cata; antherae loculis quatuor , Iongitudina- 



liter dehiseentibus, marginl inferiuri subtus inscr- 



Fem. Amcnta terminalia, depressiuscula, 



ma. Squamae quadrifariam iinbricatae, pa- 



tentes. Ovula ad basim squamarum gemina, ses- 



lia, erccta, orthotropa, lagenaeformia, apice per- 



tusa. Strobilus c squamis imbricatis, sub apice 



retorto mucronatis , lignoscentibus , primum clau- 



inox patulis. Semina sub squamis 2, e basi 



erecta; testa ossea v. membranacea, utrinque in 



