Taxecp. * CLXV. CONIFER.^. 433 



17. Dacrydlum, Soland. hi Forst. PI. Escul. 80. (LepiJoth.imniTS, Phillppi In Linnreay 

 XXX. 730.)— Flores clioicij ^ ad apices ramorum solitarii, inter folia ultima sessiles, 

 Sfepius parvuli. Staminum columna ovoidea v. oblonga ; antherse sjjiraliter confertae, 

 stipite brevi nunc brevissimOj loculis 2 globosis contiguis stipiti breviter adnatis deorsum 

 liberis 2-valvibuSj connectivi appendice squamiformi foliis superioribus subsimili v. 

 parva. Flores $ ad axillas squamarum 1-6 summarum vix a foliis ramealibus diversai'um 

 sessiles, spicam laxain potius quaiii amentum formantcs, sub quaquc squama solitarii. 

 Lamina ovulifera a squama libera, late concava v. cupulata, truncata, mox squamam 

 oblique superans^ latere interiore fissa. Ovtilum 1, erectum v. obliquuni. Squamre 

 sub fructu parum v. vix auctfo. Semen ovoideum, erectum, intra cupulam auctam 

 sessile qua 2-3-plo longius ; teatte stratum exterius tenuiter subcariiosum, interius indurato- 

 cruataceum ; albumen sequabile, integumento interiore tenui appresso ; embryo normalis, 

 2-cotyledoneus. — Arbores fruticesve sempervirentes, ramosissimi. Folia parva, nuuic- 

 rosa, spiraliter conferta, ramulos undique obtegentia, saipins biformia, ramorum fertiliuui 



crasse squaiuiformia obtusa appressa arete imbricata, plantie junioris v. ramorum steriliuni 

 patentia angustiora sa^peque longiora, variant tamen minima v. setiformia v, in D. KirJcii 

 majora, lanceolata, fere Cunninghamice. Flores ^ 1-2 rarius 2^ lin. longi. Semen inter- 

 dum vix 1 lin., rarius fere 2 lin. longum, in spica uniflora terminale erectum, in spica 

 pluriflora cupula post anthesin sjiepe lateraliter protrudit_, semino juniore plus minus 

 obliquo nunquam tamen reverso. 



Species ad 10, Arohipelagi et pcniiisuliO Malayaiuts in.s. Fiji ot Nuvse Caledonia?, Novae Zelandia?, 

 Tasnianiai ot Chile australis incola'. Parlat. in DC. Prod. xvi. ii. -191 {excl. D. iefrayono ad 

 Mitrocachryu et 2). taxoidi ad Podocarjmm rc/erendis). Lamh. Pin. t. 41, ed. min. t. 69. L. C. 

 Pick. Conif. t. 2. Forbes, Pin. Wob. t. 67. Plume, Bumphia iii. i. 172 b, f. 1 c. JIool:. Loud. 

 -Jcnirn. ii. t. 2, iv. t. Q; le. PI. t. 544 {Podocm-pm^'^), 548, 815, 1218, 1219. Hook. f. Ft. Ta^m. t. 

 100 A {excl.f. 8, 9 ad Microcachrijn periinentes). KirJc in IVans. X Zeal. Inst. x. 383, t. 18 ad 20. 

 Broijgn. ct Gris in Bidl. Soc. Pot. Fr. xvi. 328, et in Koiiv. Arch. Mus. Par. iv. 5, t. 2 {(piond D, 



craticarioidcm). 



P. taxoidcs ot P, Panchcri, Urungu. et Gris, nobis tarn fructu qunm liabitu ad Podrjcarpum 



refurenda vidciitur. 



18? Pherosphaera, Areh. in llooh. Kcw Journ. ii. 52, pro parte. — Flores dioici, ^ 

 terminalesj solitarii. Staminum columna intra folia ultima subsessilis, parva, subglobosa. 

 Antherae spiraliter confertai, stipite brevissimo ; connectivum sqnamifonne, late subor- 

 biculatum, concavum, supra loculos breviter appeudiculatum nee dilatatum ; loculi 2, 

 subglobosi, introrsr.m adnati, subdeursum 2-valves. Amenta ? parva, terminalia, 

 ovoidea ; squama3 6-8, laxe spiraliter imbricatte, basi concavte, extus quasi gibbae, specie 

 oumino simplices. Ovulum 1, a basi squamse erectum. Strobili pan-i, ovoidei, recurvi, 

 aquamis parum auctis basi incrassatis subpatentibus. Semen ovoideo-oblongum, erectum ; 

 testa laxa, subcoriacea, membrana tenui viridi exalata v. utrinque anguste alata inclusa ; 

 membrana interna albumini appressa tenuissima. Embryo normalis.— Frutex .sem- 

 pervirens, erectus, dense ramosissimus. Folia parva, squamiformia, appressa, dense 

 spiraliter imbricata, plus minus distincte 4-5-scriata nee decussatim opposita. Strobili ad 

 IJ lin. longi, squamis 4-8. Semina vix squamis breviora. 



Species 1, moiitium Tasuianije incola. IlocJc.f. Fl. Tasm. \. 355, t. 99. Parlat. in DC. Prod. xvi. 

 ii. 496. Penth.Fl. Austral. \i. 245. Kirk in Trans. N. Zeal. Inst. x. 378. Ovnlum erectum 

 vidimus ut in icone Hookeriana rite depictuni, nee Junius revcrsum ut ex confusione cum Micro- 

 cachryde diiiHcn^lMXti. Dehomologia squaniarum amenti ? et intogunu'iitoruiu seminis incerti sumus, 

 laminam ovulifonim baud distinguimus, itii cum bractca arete conferruminatji? an sola squamam 

 efficiens bractca abortiente? an tenuittr meml)ranacea ovulum iucludens*:' an rever* nulla? ex 

 speeiminibus siccis hand patet. 



Tribus IV. Podocarpe-t:. 



10. laicrocaclirys, Ilooh. /. in Hook. Lond. Journ. iv. 149; Fl, Tasu}, i. 358, t. 100.— 

 Flores dioici, <? ad apices ramonmi solitarii. Staminum columna intra folia ultima sub 



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