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Endl. Gen. 258 ad 262, et Suppl. iv. ii. 1 (Cuprrssine^:, Abiktinkj: et Taxixe^t^), et Syn. Conlf. 



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SangnUi, 1847. Carriore, Traite Gen. des Conif. Paris, 185'). Henkel et Hoc-list. Syn. Nadel- 

 liolz. Stuttgardt, 1865. Strasburger Conif. und Gnet. Jena, 1872, cum tabb. 26. Pinace-t: et 

 Taxace.t;, Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 226, 230. 



Flons unisexualeSj luonoici v. dioicL PerUndhlum deest in utroque sexii. Fl. ^ 

 (amenta <? Parlat.) solitarii, rarius spicati v. capitati. Stamina go, ssepivis numerosa ; 

 filamenta alte connata (cum v. absque axe centrali), columnam globosam ox'oideam 

 oblongaiu v. ssepius cylindraceam fortnantia. Antherw (flores ^ Fadat.) circfi axin colurnnoe 

 "breviter stipitatre v. rarius.sessiles, oppositse decussatreque v. altenaatim 3-4-natim verti- 

 cillatfe, V. sjepiua co-seriatliii spiralitor confertse; loculi (antliera^ Parlat.) nunc2-oo inter 

 se libera?, ab apice stipitis v. a conuectivo penduli, nunc 2 inter se plus minus connati et 

 sjepe stipiti adnati, globosi ovoidei v. oblongo-lineares, rima longitudinali obliqua v. 

 transveraa deorsura introrsum v. latcraliter deliiscentes 2-valvesquo. Connectlvum 

 (bractea Parlat.) ultra loculos ssepe in appcndicem aquamiformeni productum, interduiu 

 vero inappendiculatum. Pollen globosum v. ellipaoideuni in pluribusgeneribua imprimis 

 in Cnpressineis simi)lex, in aliis praisertim Ahlethieh utroque latere gibbo v. lobo 

 globoso (vesiculo aerifero) auctuni, sed vix semper in cadom tribii constans. Fl. J 

 in spicas bracteatas amentiformes (amenta) dispositi v. supra bractoas squamiformes 

 jnibricatas solitarii ; amcuti squamse oppositae decussatteque v. alternatim 3-4-natim 

 vcrticillatc'e t. saspius spiraliter confertae oc-seriata), specie siniplices v. duplices poly- 

 morphseque, revera e laminis 2 compositsej bractea et lamina ovulifera. Bractea sub 

 anthesi sajpius magis conspicua quam lamina ovulifera, nunc fere a basi libera mem- 

 branacea, post anthesin immutata v. parum aucta rarissime laminam seminiferam 

 superans, nunc lamiiia; ovuliferiB alte adnata et cum ea post antbe.sin varie accreta 

 rarius jam sub anthesi lamina ovulifera brevier. Lamina ovulifera sen axis secun- 

 daria (a variis auctoribus torus, discus, perianth'mm, involncrnm v. omrlum apertum 

 dicta) ad axillam bractea? eique basi v. atepius omnino adnata, jam sub anthesi 

 camosa V. rarius tenuis, post ovuli fcecundatiouem mox accreta et valde polymorpha, 

 foi-mis insignioribus in characteribus tribimm quicrendis. Ovnia nuda, prope basin v! 

 rarius infra apicem larainge ovulifera; affixa, sessilia v. basi laminai subimmersa, erecta v. 

 reversa, nunc in lamina solitaria nunc 2-oo collateralia v. rarius irregulariter 2-3-seriata ; 

 integumentum exterius nuclco basi adnatum, superne liberum nucleum sfepiua superans 

 cupulatum v. urceolatum, apice sub anthesi v. apertum v. pervium/post fcecundationem 

 siepius clausum ; nucleus brevior, apice pollen accipiens, post fcecundationem interdum 

 aaccos amnioticos 2-3 continens. Fmctus normalis strobilaceus, ex amento foemineo for- 

 matus, squamis varie accretis sjiepius induratis v. carnosis imbricatis supra semina arete 

 clausis, maturitate demum hiantibus et post semina delapsa diu persistentibus, rarius cvun 

 seminibus deciduis ; in pancis gcneribus, floribus solitariis v. seminibua e bracteis immu- 

 tatis longe exsertis, strobilus non evolvitur. Semina 1-oc, in lamina ovulifera varie aucta 

 sessili V. in stipitem contracta sessilia, v. lamina adnata inclusa, erecta v. reversa, ovoidea 

 v. oblonga, sjepe compressa, hand raro varie alata, in Ahietineis laminam liyalino-sca- 

 riosam e strato interiore lamin?e ovulifera? auferentia pseudosamaroidea ; testa membra- 

 nacea coriacea cmstacea indurata v. diupacea, nuda v. latcraliter 2-3-alata, v. in alam 

 tenninalem producta semen revera samaroideum efficiens ; integumentura interius sfepius 

 testae basi tantum adnatum, superne a testa liberum, albumini ai)plicitum. Albumen 

 eopiosura, camosum v. subfarinaceum, fequabile v. rarius ruminatum. Emhryo (rarius 

 cmbryones2-3 in eodemseminc) in centro albuminis rectus, sajpius angustus et subteres, 

 radicula supera (ab hilo remota) brevi v. saepe longiuscula, cotyledonibus 2-oo ajqualibus 

 radicula brevioribus v. rarius longioribus. 



Arbores rarius frutices, sjepissimc sempervirciites ; rami srepe, ub gemmasquotannis ad 



