Taxodicit.] CLXV. COXlFElI.E. 429 



imperfectie, appenclicula luiuore. Amenta $ subglobosa, intra folia summa sossilia ; 

 squamse per anthesin arete imbricatse, spiraliter pauciseriatfe, ultra medium lamina 

 ovulifera adnata apice digitatim 5-fida camoso-incrassatjie, Ovula sub qtiaque squama 

 3-0, erecta, 3-quetra v. nonnnlla (sterilia?) compressa. Strobilus globosus ; squamie 

 indurata?, sublignosffi, superne incrassato-dilatatfe, dorso bractese apice et lamiiipe ovuli- 

 fera; lobis induratis ecliinatsej basi in stipitem contractfe, demum hiantes et post semina 

 delapsa persistentes. Semina erecta, testa coriacea medio oblonga in alas laterales 2-3 

 angustas dilatata ; embryo normalis. — Arbores sempervirenteSj ramis patentibus. Folia 

 spiraliter conferta, anguste linean-falcata, incurve -ere eta, 3-4-gona, angulo dorsali 

 prominente adnato-decurrente. Capitula seu amenta $ sub anthesi terminalia, inter- 

 dum fascicule foliorum ad apicem rhacheos excrescente camosa. Strobili ^-1 poll, 

 diametro. 



Species 1, Japonise et Cliinje borealis incola, soepe tamen in China australi nuperque in aliis 

 regionibus culta. Parlaf. in DC. Prod. xvi. ii. 437. Sieh, et Zucc. Ft. Jap. ii. t. 124 et 124 i. 

 Hook. Ic. PL i. 6G8. 



9. Taxodium, X. C. Rich, in Ann. Mus. Par. xvi. 298; Conlf. 143, t. 10. (Scliubortia, 

 Mirh. in Nonv. Bull. Soc. Philom. iii. 123. Glyptostrobus, Etidl. ^y7i. Con'if. 09. 

 Cuprespinnata, Senil. sen Nels. Pm. 01.) — Flores monoici, ^ in ramulis hornotinis sub- 

 apbylUs squamellatis numerosi, racemoso-apicati, singuli pedunculo brevissimo inibricato- 

 squamato fulti. Staminum columna oblonga, intra bracteas subsessili^i ; antlieroe 

 spiraliter coiifert-ie, stipite brevi ; connectivi appendicula lata, membranacea, basi truncata 

 V. vix peltata, lociili 4-5 (3-9 ex Parlat.), a stipite penduli, deorsum 2- valves. Amenta 



$ in ramulo annotino sparsa, sessilia, globosa ; squamae arete conferta;, spiraliter 

 imbrieatse, apice ovato-patentes, infra medium lamina ovulifera adnata carnoso-incrassatre. 

 Ovula 2, a basi squamse erecta. Strobilus auctus, induratus, globosus v. obovoideus ; 

 squamae prfecipue e lamina ovulifera valde aucta constantes basi in stipitem contractie, 

 apice lignoso valde dilatato orbiculato mutua pressione angulato v. late ovato, extus 

 medio bractese apice umbonato v. mucronato et marginem versus lineacurva tuberculorum 

 s^epe notato, v. rarius omnino Ipevi ; squama) maturitate liiantes, post semina delapsa 

 persistentes. Semina majuscula ; testa incrassata coriacea v. sul)suberosa, extus nitida, 

 irregulariter 3-angulata v. subalata, basi brevissime contracta v. in .stipitem hinc alatum 

 contraeta. — Arbores laxe ramos.x;, ramulis patentibus v. i^endulis. Folia decidua v. sub- 

 l)ersistentia, alterna, subspiraliter affixa, nunc linearia disticlie patentia, nunc rarius 

 parva, appressa, sq\iamiformia. Florum ^ racemi s?epius plures subpaniculati. Amenta 



$ pauca, sub anthesi parva. 



Species 3, quaruni 2 typicae, Ameriere borealis et Mesici incol?e, strobilis niaturis globosis tisquo 

 ad polUcem diametro, semiiiilius irregulariter 3-qiietris subalatis vix basi conlractis. Parlaf. in VC, 

 Prod. ivi. ii. 440. La/nh. Pin. ed. min. t. G3. Forbes, Pin. Wob. t. GO. Kiiff. X. Aatcr. Si/lr. t. 

 151 {Citpres^uij, Ten. in j\fc?n. Acad. Ital. Moden, xxv. ii. 200, cuiii fabb. 2. Bot, Mag. t. oG03 

 {Glyptostrohus) ; species tertia CliineHsis (7". hetcroJ>hyUunl,l^xQwgl\.), stvoXAlis niaturis obovoideis 

 basi longe contractis, seminibus vix angulatis basi in stipitem hincalafura coDtractis. Amenta 9 

 florida et habitus omnino varietatum nouuUarum T. distic/ae. Flores tamen 3' adhuc ignoti, etsi 

 arbor jam din hinc inde in hortis culta. Pro genere proprio a Parlat. in DC. Prod. xvi. ii. 438 

 sub nomine Glypfostrobi retinetur. 



10. Sequoia, Endl. Syn. Conlf. 197. (Wellingtonia, Llndl. Gard, Chron. 185o, 823. 

 Washingtonia, Wi^id. ex Hook. Kew Jonrn. vii. 29. Gigantabies, Senil. seu A^els. I^n. 

 77.) — Flores nionoici, ^ in summis axillis v. ad aj^ices ramulorum solitarii, squamis 

 imbricatis stipati. Staminitm columna oblonga v. subglobosa, intra squamas imbricatas 

 pedicellata v. subaessilis ; anthera: spiraliter confertse, stipite tenui, loculis 2-4, aoepins 3 

 ab apice stipitis pendulis deorsum 2-valvibus, connectivo in appendicem ovatam incurvam 

 basi truncatam v. vix peltatam producto. Amenta $ terminalia, ovoidea v. oblonga, 

 squamse arete cimfertie, spiraliter imbrieat«>, pluriscriatse, basi in stipitem crassum 

 contractpe, dorso obtuse caiinatti', carina in aeunien products; lamina ovulifera arete 



