430 . CLXV. CONIFER..^. [Taxodkce, 



adnata, crasse carnosa, bractea brevior at jam sub anthesi multo latior, post anthesin 

 valde ancta. Ovula sjBpiiis 5, primiim ad basin scxuamse erecta, post anthesin, squama 

 basi accrescente, linea transversa curva infra apicem laminae ovuliferee affixa, i-eversa v. 

 subhorizontalia. Strobilus valde auctus, ovoideus v. breviter oblongus, indurato-lignosus; 

 squamfe prsecipue e lamina ovulifera aucta constantes, basi in stipitem contractse, apice 

 in discnm crassum orbiculatum v. transverse oblongum medio depressum ct (bractere 

 apice ?) mucronatum dilatatae, demum liiantes, persistentes. Semina horizontalia v. 

 reversa, compreasa, testa crassiuscule niembranacea v, tenuiter Crustacea, utrinque in 

 alam angustissimam dilatata ; embryo normalis, 3-6-cotyledoneus. — Arbores giganteas, 

 sempcrvirentesj dense ramosje. Folia alterna, spiraliter affixa, in S. sempervirejite srepius 

 sublanceolata et disticlie patentia, in S. gigantea ssepius mtilto breviora obtusiora et 

 undique appresse imbricata, sed folia utriusque forma; in ntraque specie interdum observ- 

 antur. Strobili ^-IJ-pollicares, ... 



Species 2 Californicfe. Farlat. iii DC, Prod, xvi. ii. 435. Lamb. Vin. ed. min, t. 64 (Tcuvodium). 

 Bot.Mag.i. 4777, 4778 iWellmgtoma)^ ic. in Fl. dcs Sevres ^.892, 893, iteratce. Bene in Bev. 

 Hort. ser. 4, iv. 10 et 11,^^. 1, 2. 



Ill 8.{tyj^ca) se77i^ervireiite, fiores (7 saspiiis ad apices ramoruni 2-3 f^pieam brevcin fornifint, 

 singuU squamis bractcieve paucis imbricatis stipnti v. rarius ranuilo broTissimo foliato fulti, 

 amentum $ in ecxlem ramulo terminale, spica mascida arete approximatum, in aliis raniulis flores 

 <? soli'adsunt. In 5. {WelUngtonia) gigantea, flores <? ad apices ramuloruiu s^olitarii, tcrmiiiales, 

 intra folia summa siibsessiles ; in hac spica amenta ? ilorcntia non vidimus. In utraque specie 

 etrobili terminales apparent, in S, gigantea multo majores duriorosque quam iu S. se'm;p€rvireiiic. 

 Arbores tamen bene congeueres ridontur quod jam anno 1853 indicavit Decaisne I.e. et fore in 

 eodem tempore Torrey ex A. Gray in Sill. Joiirn. ser. 2, xviii. 287. De magnitudine et dm-ationo 

 hanim arborum confer A. Gray in Sill. Journ. ser, 2, xvii. 440; et Address, Sequoia, 1872. 



11. Athrotaxis, Bon in Trans. Linn. Sec. xviii, 171, t. 13, 14 (errore Artbrotaxis, 



mict. fere omn.). — Flores monoici, ^ ad apicem ramulorum solitarii. Staminum columna 



brevis, inter folia summa 'subsessilis ; antherre laxe subspiraliter conf erta), stipite tenui, 



loculis 2 ab apice stipitis pendulis longiusculLs deorsum 2- valvibus, connectivo in appendicem 



squamiformem late ovatam non v. vix peltatam producto. Amenta $ subglobosa, 



terminalia ; squamre co-seriatim spiraliter imbricate, basi contract.-e ; lamina ovulifera 



carnosa, bracteto adnata eaque sub antbesi multo brevior, mox aucta. Ovula 3-G, primum 



ad basin squamse erecta, mox squama basi accrescente infra apicem laminai ovuliferre 



coUateralia, borizontalia v. reversa. Strobilus globosus, induratus, sublignosus ; squamte 



prpecipue e lamina ovulifera aucta constantes, basi in stipitem contractfo, apice incrassata;, 



bracteoe apice promincnto conico breviter acuminatie v, dorso umbonatjo, demum hiantes, 



persiytentes. Semina horizontalia v. reversa, compressa, absque alis anguste oblonga, 



testa subcrustacea utrinque fequaliter v. infequaliter anguste v. latiuscule in alam expansa ; 



embryo normalis, sjepius 2-cotyledoneus. — Arbores sempervirentes, coma ramosissinia 



dense foliata. Folia parva, spiraliter conferta, dense v, laxe imbricata, nunc brevissima 



obtusa appressa, nunc laxiora, lanceolata. Strobili siepius J-|-poll. diametro. 



Species 3, Tasmanicse. Denih. Fl. Austral, vi. 241. HocJc. Ic. VI. t. 559,573,574. Genus quoad 

 flores et fructum Sequoia valde affine et vix a specie typica nisi patria et strobili squamis evidentius 

 acuminatis distinguendum. 



12. Cephalotaxus, Sieh. et Zucc. Fam. Nat. Fl. Jap. ii. 108; Fl, Jap. ii. 65, t, 130 

 ad 132. — Flores dioici, S oo (G-0), in capitula axillaria globosa bracteis squamiformibus 

 iinbricatis involucrata conferti, singuli bractea squamiformi subtensi. Staminum 

 columna brevis, subsessilis ; antherse paucte (4-cc), stipite brevi j loculi 2-4, circa apicem 

 stipitis reflexi, intus subdeorsum debiscentes, connectivo ultra loculos in appendicem 

 brevem sursum incurvam producto. Amenta $ ovoidea, ad apices ramorum s<iepiu,s 

 terna : singula intra bracteas squamiformes imbricatas sessilia v. breviter pedunculata. 

 Squama) fioriferse oo, spiraliter confertpe, lanceolatie v. triangulares, mox modice incrassatee 

 camosulse, dorso convexo-carinatre, latnina ovulifera cum bractea arete connata, intus 



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