434 CLXV. CONIFERS. [Podocarpem, 



sesailis, parva. oblonga ; antlierse spiraliter coiifertse, stipite brevissimo ; loculi 2, con- 

 nectivo lato ultra loculos in appendicem breviter squamiforinem incnr\'am producto 

 adnatij deorsum 2- valves. Amenta $ parva, gl(jbosaj terminalia ; s(|uam('e pauciseriattie, 

 spiraliter iinbricatse, basi contract?e, dorso valde couvexie, semiglobosfe v. fere cncullatic, 

 specie simplices carnosfce crassiuscul^, iiitus coucavse (e lamina ovulifera bracteaque arete 

 connatis constantes ?). Oviilum 1, fere ab apice faciei interioris reversum, Strobiliis 

 parvus, subglobosus, squamis subglobosis distinctis atcontignispersistentibusque. Seniina 

 Hquamis obtecta, prope apicum affixa, semiglobosa, dorso convexa, facie interiore plana ; 

 testa 1 duplici, externa membranacea (e lamina ovulifera formata ?), membranacea, interna 

 (testa vera?) cnistacea; albumen camosum ; embrj^o normalis. — Frutex semporvirens, 

 proatratus, ramosissimus, ramulis foliatis elegantcr 4-gonis. Folia parva, squamiformia, 

 crassiu-scula, opposita, decussatim imbricata, obtuse carinata. Flores ^ IJ lin. longi. 

 Strobili maturi ad 2 lin. diametro, coccinei, fere fragiformes. 



Species 1, moutium Tasmanise iiicola. L*C7ilh. Fl. Ausiml. vi. 240. Hook. Ic. PI. i. 560 {Arthro- 

 iaxis ?). BoL Mag. t, 5576. 



Ill seniinibus cxfiminatis enibrjonem 2-cotyledoncum iiiveulinus et in uno semiiie embryoncs 2. 

 Ncscimus qua ratione species nd Dacrf/diiim rcfcrtiir a Parlat. in DC. Prod. xvi. ii. 406, a quo differt 

 squamarum amenti $ iiatiira, ovulo revorso, seniinc, alii.'rque notis. Dc homologia Bqiunuarum 

 nicerti sximusi, nee accuratius dctcrmliiaiiduni nisi in speciminibus vivis floris junioris. Ordo squa- 

 marum ? , ab cc; foliorum ramuli florciitis divcrsus, in Conlfcrk rarius oLservatur. 



20. Saxegrotbea, Llndl. in Jouni. Ilort. Soc. vi. 258, cum ic. xyl. (Squamataxus, Senil. 

 am Kels. Pin. 108.) — Floros monoici, ^ in axillis summis subsessilcs, spicam brevem for- 

 mantes, sniguli squamis paucis imbricatis stipati. Staminum columna cylindracca, 

 longiuscula, densa ; anthertc cc-seriatse, spiraliter confei-tse, scssiles, 2-locuiares, sub- 

 didymre, connectivo inappendiculato, loculis x^arallelia adnatiy subintrorsum 2-valvibus, 

 valvis exterioribus connatis post dehiscentiam squamam reflexam acutam longitudinaliter 

 sulcatam simulantibus. Amenta $ terminalia subglobosa ; squamje* pauciseriatee, apice 

 acutte, erectse, lamina ovulifera adnata ultra medium crasse carnosse, arete conferta;. 

 OiTilum 1, refiexum, a lamina prLvtnr basin liberum. Strobilus globosus, crasse camosus, 

 squamis incrassatis subconnatis, ut videtnr indeliiscens, bractearum apicibus conicis muri- 

 catus, intus co-Iocularis. Semina in loculis solitaria, ovoidea, irregulariter subcompressa, 

 reversa, testa tenui exalata maturitate in*egulariter fissa ; embryo normalis. — Arbor 

 sempervirens, coma densa. Folia subspiraliter sparsa, sa;pe disticlie patentia, linearia v. 

 lineari-lanceolata, acuta, rigida, subtus albida. Strobili maturi vix ultra 4 lin. diametro. 



Species 1, sylvarum Chile australis incola. Parkt. in DC. Prod. xvi. ii. 497. C. Gay, Fl. Chit. 

 V 411. Icon citata Lindleyi, Vog. Kingd. 229''. in vaviis di;iriis hortulanorum repetita, quoad 

 antheras pariim erronea egt. 



21. Podocarpus, UHer. ; H. B. et K. Nov. Gen. et Sjh ii. 2, t. 97.--Flores monoici v. dioici, 

 (^solitarii v. per 2-5 fasciculati, v. cc secus rhachin elongatam laxe spicati, singuli bracteis 



l>auci3 parvis imbricatis stipati. Staminum columna cylindracea elongata densaque, v. 

 rarius brevior et laxa, supra bracteas ses-silis v. stipitata ; antherue spiraliter confertae, 

 sessiles, loculis 2 parallelis adnatis extrorsum v. sublateraliter 2-valvibus, connectivo supra 

 loculos in appendicem parvam acutam rarius longius lanceolatam incurvam producto. 

 Floras $ ad normam solitarii v. ]-arius gemini, bractea florifera inferioribusque vacuis 

 paucis pedunculo adnatis et cum eo sic dictum receptacnlum oblongum SEepius camoso- 

 sncculentum formantibus, apicibus solis bractearum v. bracteis 1-2 infiniis parvis liberis ; 

 rarius fiores go secus 2>edunculum dissite spicati bracteis parvis; lamina ovulifera e bractea 

 florifera stipitata, ovoidea, carnosa, ovulura uuicum reflexum includens, eique fere ad 

 apicem adnata. Frucfcus supra receptacnlum sjepius breviter stipitatus, globosus v. 

 ovoideua, drupaceus v. nuceus, strato exteriore (e lamina Ovulifera) carnosulo v. exsiccato, 

 interiore sen scminis testa crustaceo v. indurato, undique clauso ; embryo in albumine 

 camoso tenuis, 2-cotyledoneus, radicula deorsum spectante. — Arbores sempervirentes, 



