o2 CLX:V. CONIFER.^. [TaxaK 



HpcL'ics 3 V. 4, Amcricie borealls, Japon'ue ct Chinse Iwroalis incolie. Varlai. m DC. Prod. xvi. ii. 

 504. Hook. Ic. PL t 232, 233. Bot. Mag. f. 4780. Sieh, et Znc<j. Fl. Jap. t. 129. Nuft. N. Amcr, 

 S^lv. t. 109. Newb. PI. Williams. Ej:j)ed. 62, cum ic. xyl. 



15. Ginkg^o, Linn. Mant. 313. (Salisburia, Sm. in Trans. Linn. Soc. iii. 330. Ptero- 

 phyllus, Senil. sen Nels. Pin. 1G3.)— Flores dioici, ^ ad axillas squamarum solitarii, ped- 

 unculati, ebracteati ; staminum coliimna laxe cylindracea ; antlicraj subspiraliter confertse, 

 stipite teniiij loculis 2 ab apice stipitis pendulis longiusculis fere a basi distinctis introrsura. 

 dehiscentibus, connectlvo supra loculos vix brevissime appendiculato. Flores $ in gemma 

 squamata (an semper ?) solitarii. Lamina ovulifera in axilla squamoe ab ea libera, basi in 

 stipitem longum contracta, apice breviter 2-fida rariiis irregulariter 3-6-fida, lobis in discuni 

 sen cupnlam brevem ovulo adnatam dilatatis. Ovula in quoque lobo solitaria, sessilia, 

 erecta. Semen drupacenm, basi lobo laminse ovulifer^e pamm aucto adnatum ; testae 

 stratus exterior carnoso-piilposus, interior dnrus fere osseus ; embryo normalis, 2-cotyle- 

 donens. — Arbor sempervirens, pallida, ramis patentibns, ramulis biformibus, foliiferi 

 novelli sa^pius penduli, foliis alternis distantibvi3, floriferi ad nodes tardius evoluti v. etiam 

 terminales crassi, brevissimi, post annos plures parum elongati. Folia primaria ramorum 

 sterilium v. novellorum longe petiolata, subrliombeo-flabelliformia, inciso-2-loba v. irregu- 

 lariter co-loba, flabellatim venosa ; ramnli alii axillares prime anno gemmiformes imbri- 

 cate- sqiiamati et fasciculum foliorum prhnariis minortim ferunt, dein qnotannis squamas 

 imbricatas caducas infra foliornra fasciculum verticillum duplicem constantes ; ramuli hi 

 floriferi tertio v. quarto anno vix semipollicares, in iino specimine 1 J-poUicares verticillos 

 cicatricum ultra 15 ostendentes. Flores ad axillas squamarum infra folia tardius evoluta 



apparent. Semen abertu siepius unicum, drupacenm, ovoideo-globosum, fere 1^-pollicare, 

 stipite ssepius breviore. 



Species 1, Cliinensis, olim ex reliqniig palseogeis eviJenter in liemispliserlo boreali late extensa. 

 Parlaf. in DC. Prod. xvi. ii. 506. Van Tiegh. in Ann. Sc. Nat. scr. 5, x. 27G. L. C. Rick. Conif. t. 

 Z ctZ bis. Sicb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. t. 13fi. Wats. Dcndrol. Brit. t. 168 {Sallshuria). Florum ? 

 etnictiiram veram primum elucidavit Van Tlegbem I.e.. ciijus observationes in speciminibus pcrpaueis 

 hujus sexus in herbuviis servutis confirmare potuimus. 



16. Fhyilocladus, L. C. Ekh. Conif. 129, t 3. (Tlialamia, Spreng. Anlext. Kmtn. 

 Gew. ii. 218.)— Flores monoici (v. dioici 0, ^ ad apices ramorum faaciculati v. in axillis 

 solitarii, bractea unica subtensi. Staminum colunma nunc sessilis ovoidea parva, nunc 

 stipitata Inngiuscule cylindracea; anthera) subsessiles, spiraliter cenfertte, loculis 2 

 parallelis fere innatis majusculis deorsum dehiscentibus, connective ultra loculo.'* in 

 appendicem squamiformem acutam v. acuminatam producto. Amenta $ nunc in pedun- 

 culo solitaria ovoidea v. .subglobesa pluri- v. multiflora, nunc parva, in pedunculo oc, inter- 

 ruptc spicata v. subracemosa, pauuiflora; squamiti simplices (e bractea sola constantes) 

 breves, latse, crasslusculie, imbricatae ; interdum cum axi confert^ carnosfe; lamina 

 ovulifera a squama libera, sub anthesin breviter v. imperfecta annularis, mox accrescens 

 tennis, cupulattis, semini appressus. Ovulum 3, erectum, Strobilus siepe carnosulus, 

 nunc parvus 1-spermus, nunc globosus v. ovoideus oc-spermus. Semina ovoidea, e 

 squamis et cupida parum aucta protrusa, testa Crustacea v. indurata.-*-Arbores fruticesve 

 sempervirentes, ramis plensque subverticillatis, ramulis ultimis distichis v. oppositis in 

 phyllodia coriacea flabellatim v. pinnatim venosa irregulariter dontata v. lobata varie dila- 

 tatis. Folia vera minute squamiforniia, alterna v. subspiraliter sparsa, interdum omnino 

 abortiva. Strobili caruosi, nunc vix 2 lin. diametre, 1-2-spermi, nunc ovoideo-globosi, 

 C lin. longi, seminibiis sat numeresis semi-emersis. 



Species 3« Tasmaniae, Nov?e Zelandije et ins. 15orneo incolae. Parlat. in DC. Prod. xvj. ii. 498. 

 L. C lUch. Conif. t. 3. Lal/ill. PL Nov. HoU. ii. t. 221 (Podocarpns). Hook. f. FL N. Zel. t, 53. 

 Hook. Ic. PL 549, 551, 889. Carr. in licvue Hort. 1867, 311, am ic. xyL FL des Serres 

 t. 1331. 



Nomen Sprongelianum jure prioritatis giiulot, sed in opere vix nolo editum, a botanicis omnibus 

 pni'torvisum, nunc futile ruvycatur. 



