COMFEBAE. LXXVIH. TAXINEAE. 



"lla, inversa; t e s t a curiacea , utrinque in alani 

 mcmbranaceiiii angnattm producta. Einbryn in 

 axi albuininis carnosi antitrnpus, ejusdem longitu- 

 dine, c o t y 1 c d o n i b ii s 2, oblusis, r a d i c u 1 a c y- 



lindrica, intera. Arbor sinica; ramis ctjtindri- 



cis , foliis altcrnis, conferlis, ungusto- lanccolatis, 

 acutis , rig'idis , subspinescentibus, 



80.etl49.l. 18. Bol. ltag.t.(743. -> 



Transact. VIII. 315. Piuua lanceolata Lamb. Ptn 



L. C. Richard Conij 



I9»9. Arauearla Jl/SS. F I o r e s dioici 

 Masc. Amenta terminalia, ovato - cylindrica 

 Stamina piuriiua, a\i inscrla, imbricata ; Fili 



ri.,1 



inc, rccurvato - lanceolatuin proilucta; antli 

 loculis 18—20, cylindricls, e basi connectivi du- 

 plici scric pendulis, subcohaerentibns, lon-itndi- 

 naliter deliiscentibus. Fcm. A m c n t a tenninalia, 

 ovoidea. Squamae bractea adnata stipatac, dense 

 imbricatae, apice rccurvato- lanceolatac. () v u I u m 

 sub squama unicum, iiivcrsum, nrtliutrupuin, eidcm 

 longiludinaliter adnatuui, apice deorsnin speclante 

 liherum, pertusum. Strohilus ovoideus v. sub- 

 glohosus, e squamis coriaccis vel subligmisis, cum 

 scmine conrretis, tandcm ab axi solutis. Scinina 

 squainis solitarie connata, inversa; testa coria- 

 oeo-lignosa, aptcra. Erubryo in axi atbniuinit 

 carnosi antitropus, ejiisdem longilndine, cotyle- 

 donihus 2—4, linearilius, obti.sis, radicula 

 cylindrica, infera. _ Arborcs giganteae , puramt 

 dalae, in reipublicae Chilensis terris australio- 

 ribusetin insula N orfol k extra tr opicos, 

 deinde in Nova Ilollandia orientali, inNn- 

 va Calcdonia et in Hrasilia inter tropt- 

 cos sylvas vastas constituentes ; ramis verticiltatis, 

 patulis, foliis sessilibus, lunccolatis v. lineari-subulu- 

 tis , rigidis , dense imbricatis , utiquando variis. 



Araucaria Juss. |». 413. L. 0. Rkhard Conif. 1.20. 

 21. Lamberl Pin. 1. 1. 39. 40. II. t. 4. 6. 5. D o ni b e y a Laniark. 

 Dict. t. 828. Colymbea etEutassa Salisbury in Linn. 

 Transact. VIII. 315. 



I ;•)«. » nmmara HVMPII. Florci nluici, 

 Masc. Amcnta extraaxillaria. Stamina pluri- 

 ma, axi inserta, imbricata ; filamenta lirevissi- 

 ina in connectivum crassum, cuncatuiii producta; 

 antherae loculis 8—15 cylindricis, c liasi con- 

 nectivi duplici seric pcndulis, lilieris. F e m. A ui e n t a 

 tcrniinalia, suhovata. Squamae ebracteatae, den 

 se iiubricatac. Ovula sub squauiis solitaria, in- 

 versa, orthotropa , apice deorsum spectante perlu- 

 sa. Strubilus ovalo-globosus, e squainis curia- 

 ceo - lignoeis , dense imbricalis, dcmuiii ab axi so- 

 lutis. Semina sub squamis sulitaria, inversa; te- 

 sta coriacea, utrinquc in aiain mcinbranaceain pro- 

 ducta, ala altera angusta, altera latissima. E m b r y o 

 in axi albiiminis carnosi antltropus, ejusdem Inngitu- 

 dlne, cotylcdon i b ns 2, obtusis, radicula cy- 



lindrica, infera Afbores excclsae, in Asia l r o- 



pica et in Nova Zeelandia obscrvatue ; foliis 

 sparsis, oblong-o - lanccolatis , inXegerrimis, coriaceis 

 striatis, utrinque angustatis. 



D a m m a i a Rumph Amhoin. II. 174. t. 57. Lamberl Pin. 

 t 34.55. Agathis Salisbury in Linn. Transacl. VIII. 311. 

 t. 15. L. C. Richard Conif. 83. et 151. t. 19. 



Ordo IXXVIII. Taxineae. 



TAXINEAE L. C. Richard Conl/. 184. Bartl. Orrl. nat. 

 95. Martius contp. 58. TAXACEAE Lindl. introduct. rdtt. 

 II. p. 316. 



Ariiorks excelsae v. Fruticks , ramis 

 sparsis, continui.s, foliatis, ligno z.-matn. Fo- 

 lia sparsa v. dislirha, simplicia, integra, ri- 

 gida, sempervircntia, rarius fasciculata , in 

 phyllodia subflabelliformia , apice lobata, basi 

 squamula stipata connata. 



Florks dioici v. monoici, sexubus in di- 

 versis ramulis nascentibus, fcminei solita- 

 rii, masculi in amenta axillaria v. terminalia 

 collecti. 



Flores masculi. Amexta filiformia v. 

 ovata , nuda v. basi bracteis squamaeformibiis 

 cincta. St„mina plurima, juxta axim disposila, 

 nuda. Kilamenta brevissima v. subnulla, in 

 connectivum ovato - lanceolatnm v. squamulae- 

 forme lacerum producta, rarius in connectivnm 

 peltatiim dilatata. An th erac ut plurimum 

 biloctilares, loculis connectivo supra eosdem 

 producto adnatis , parallelis v. transversis, 

 nnnc e connectivo pendiilis; rarius tri-octolo- 

 cnlares, loculis connectivo peltato subtus 

 adnatis , longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. 



V 1 o r e s f e m i n e i solitarii , basi bra- 

 cleis imbricatis cincti, erecti v. ex apice bra- 

 cteae inversi, v. in pcdunctilo nudo tcrminales. 



Discis carnosus, cupulaeformis , plus mi- 

 nus apertus, ore integro , v. rarius solidus, 

 limbo inaequaliter trilobo. Ovulum solita- 

 rium, in centro disci sessile , et ab eodem 

 plus iiiinus velatum, orthotropum , micropyie 

 terminali magis minusve manifesta; rarius disci 

 trilobi lobo postico insertum, anatropum, rhaphe 

 valida, chalaza rosteliiformi, micropyle infera. 



Fructls drupaceus, e disco plus minusve 

 incrassato carnoso, semen nuciforrac cingeute 

 v. includente compositus. 



Skmkn nuciforme, ercctum ; testa ossea, 

 rarissime ubi r h a p h e adest, ab eadem carnose 

 incrassata, velata. Albumen farinaceo - car- 

 nosum, copiosum. 



Emiirvo axilis, antitropus, cotylcdoni- 

 bus duabus, radicula puncto inscrtionis 

 seminis (umbilico) e diametro opjiosita , su- 

 pcra; vel rarissime orthotropus , radicula 

 umbilico contigue parallela , infera. 



Taxineae florum femineorum situ a Cu- 

 pressineis et Abietineis diversissimae, in tem- 

 peratis totius orbis vigent, in h e m i- 

 sphaera atistrali multo frequentioros, in- 

 ter tropicos veteris orbis rarae. 



19»».Taxiig TOVRX. Florcs dioici, axil- 

 iarcs. Masc. Amcnta subglobosa, basi bracteis 

 imbricatis, intcrioribus majoribus cincta. Stami- 

 na 6 — 14, ad apiccin axcus conlerta ; filamcnta 

 brevissiiua ; a n t h c r a e locnlis 3_8 , conucctivo 

 pcltato dcplanato suhlobato subtus adnatis, longi- 

 tudinaliter dehiscentibus. Fem. A m e n t a geninii- 

 formia , uniflora , bracteis imbricatis cincta. D i- 

 scus cupuliformis, obsolctus , demiim increscens. 

 O v u I u in sulitarium, ill cenlro dtsci scssile, or- 

 thotropuui, apice pertusum. Fructus suhdrupa- 



