428 CLXV. CONIFERS. [Ciqmssineie, 



arete appro ximatee v. laxius distmcteque oppositse v. 3-natim verticillataj, stipite brevi 

 nimc brevissimo rarius teniii ; connectivi appendiciila squamiforraisj ovata v. peltata ; 

 loculi 2-6j sub appendicula occulti v. deorsum prominentes, 2- valves. Amenta ^ globosa; 

 sqnamse 2-3-seriatim oppositse v. ternatim verticillatse, jam sub antliesi pro maxima parte 

 lamina ovulifera adnata incrassato-camosise et arete eontignse, mox valde auetse carnosaj 

 et supra ovnla nndique concreta?. Ovnla sub qnaqne squama serienm 1-2 intimarum 

 solitaria v. gemina, erecta, sub anthesi libera, mox squamis auctis claiisis operta. Stro- 

 bilus e squamis conferruminatis carnosis fibrosis v. succulentis drupifoi'mis v. bacciforniis, 

 extus l^evis v. bractcaiaim apicibus v. squamarum marginibus prominulis notatus. Semina 

 3-G V. abortn pauciora, intra fruetum inclusa v. (ex Engelm.) rarius leviter prominula, 

 nunc distincta testa crasse coriacea indurata v. ossea, nunc in massam globosam crassissimc 

 lignosam putameii simulantem perfecte conferruminata, nucleis singulis in locellis 

 distinetis separatis ; albumen membrana inclusum et embryo normales ; eotyledones sa;pius 

 2, interdum 3 A^idimus, et in J. californica fide Engelmanni usque ad 5. — Fruticcs v. 

 arbores sempcrvircntes. Folia opposita v. ternatim verticillata, imrva adnato-decurvcntia 

 V, patentia et linearia v. acicularia. Florcs v. spicas terminales v. ram\ilo florifero ad fas- 

 ciculum foliorum niinimorum reducto axillares. Strobili cserulei v. rubri, a pisi ad nucis 

 magnitudinem variant. 



Species ad 25, per hemlsphnerium borealo late dispersae, in rcgtonibus tcniperatis frigidisque 

 frequentes, inter tropicos non nisi in montibns utriiisqno orbis obvife. Parlat. in DC. Prod. xvi. ii. 

 475. Endl. Syn. Conif. 8. ' 



Genus ab Endlichero in ficctioncs 3, apud nonmiUos pro gcncribiis proprils habeiubis, divi- 

 sum est; — ■ 



1. Sahina. Folia omnia v. saltern rdmorum fruetiforonim parva, squaniiformia, opposita et 

 dccussatim imbricata, rarisbime ternatim verticillata, ramornm storilium v. planta? junioris rarius 

 acicubiria. Florcs ^ solitarii, terminales, eonuei:tivurum appendicibus equamiformibus imbricatis 

 loculos obtegentibus- Semen unjcuni v. 2 distincta. L. C. Rich. Conif. t. 6. Forbes, Tin. Wob. t. 

 61, 65. Andr. Bot. Hep. t. 534. Hovk. Land. Journ. ii. t. 1. Heichh. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 536. Gui^s. 

 PLBar. i. 62, Vis. Ill PL Nov. in Man. histit. Venet. vi. t. ]*, 1**. Pall. Fl. Ross. t. 55 ad 67. 

 Trmiitv. Imag. Pi. Boss. t. 15. Sieh. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. t. 126, 127. Mich. N. Amcr. Sylv. t. 155. 

 Ncwh. Bot. Williams. E.vpcd. f. 10. 



2. 0:rycednis. Folia acicularia v. linearia, plus minus patentia, ternatim verticillata. Florcs ^ 

 ad axillas solitarii, basi bractci.s parvis stipati (ramulo florifero axillari ad fasciculum bracteaiuni 

 reducto), connectivorum appendicibus basi parum productis, loculis prominentibus quasi dorsalibus. 

 Sentina sitpius 3, distincta, nunc abortu pauciora. L. C. Rich. Conif. t. 5. Necs, Gen. Fl. Germ. 

 MonochL n. 12. Rcichh. Ic, Fl. Gcnn. t. 535, 537. Moggr. Fl. Ment. t. 65, Ten. Fl. Kap. t. 247. 

 Pall. Fl. Ross. t. 54. Sich. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. t. 125. Wehh. Phyiogr. Canar. t. 217. 



3. CaryocedruSt Endl, Folia acicularia Oxyccdri. Flores $ pariter axillaros, sed 3-6 in 

 capitulum conferti, per anthesin laxe patentcs, s^inguli bractca parva lincari-lanceolata subteiisi. 

 Staminum columna in quoque floro stipitata, anthcris 9-12, connectivorum appendicibus ovatis 

 incurvis laxe imbricatis basi non peltatis locellis magnis stipiti infra appendicem affixis. Strobili 

 drupiformes, in genero magni. Semina in massam globosam crassissime lignosam putamen 2-6- 

 locularcm simulantem arete conferruminata. Species unica, orientalis. Labill. Dec. PI. Syr. ii. t. 

 8. Ahceuthos, A7U. et Kotschy in (Estr. Bot. Wochenbl. 1854, 249. 



Thuiacarpcs. Trautv. Imag. PI. Ross. 11, t. 6, genua propo.situm fuit ad plantam in liorto 

 Nikitcnsi cultam sub nomine Jnniperi oblongi, JSieb., speciei partim ad J. commtmcm partim ad 

 J. oxycedmm abauctoribus rclatte. Ex iconc, etrobili descripti imperfecti et quodammodo mon.-^truosi 

 videntur. 



Tr.iBL-.s II. Taxodie.e. 



8. Cryptomeria, Bon in Tmns. Linn, Soc. xviii. 16C, t 13, /. 1. — Flores monoicij ^ 

 in axillis sunimis subsessiles, squamis iiaucis imbricatis stipati, spicam brevem inter- 

 ruptam formantes. Staminum cohmma oblonga, scssilis ; anthera; spiraliter confertio, 

 stipite brevi ; connectivi appendicula squamiformis lata, peltata, imbricata ; loculi 

 3-5, sub appendicula occulti, penduli, deorsum 2-valves; antherse 2-3 infimre sfepius 



