436 CLXV. CONIFERS. [Araucarle^. 



seriatim iinbricatis invohicrum capitnli formantibns. Staminum columna laxe cylindracea ; 



anther?c subspiraliter niultiseriatpe, stipite tentii, connectivi appendice squaniiformi ovata 



vix V. non peltata incurva, loculis 2-4 a basi appendicis pendulis deorsum 2-valvibus. 



Auienta $ subglobosa ; squamae specie subsimplices, miiltiseriatoe, spiraliter imbricatpe, 



latissimc ovatie, mucronatixj, basi breviter contractsc, lamina ovulifera tenui arete adnata 



infra nicdinm squamrc panim incrassata, squama medium versus linea transversa minute 



fimbriata (lamiuiii inargine) notata, Ovula ad basin squamarum fcrtilinm 3, reversa, 



s<piamis nonnullis exterioribus vacnis minoribusqne. Strobilus post anthesin auctus, 



cietenun parum mntatus, squamis laxiuscnle imbricatis paruni induratis marginc tennibns 



apicc spepe sqiiarroso-patentibus persist eniibus. Scniina reversa, oblonga, testa Crustacea 



duriuscula ala angusta cincta ; embryo uormalis, 2-cotyledoneu.s. — Arbor sempervirens, 



dense foliata, ramis superioribus suboppositis. Folia oblique spiraliter affixa, subdistiche 



patentia, lineari-lanceolata, saspe curvula^ nitida, acutissima. Capitiila ^ et amenta $ ad 



apices ramorum snspius 2-3, priiuum tcrminalia apparent, mox tamcn ramulo excrescente 



lateralia evadunt. Strobili fructiferi ad 1^ poll, diametro. 



Species 1, Japonire et Cbinie ineola. Parlat. in DC. Prod. xvi. ii. 432. Lawh. Pin. i. 34 ; cd, 

 - rain. t. 53 {Pinus). Forbes, Pin. Wvh. t. 57. Sich. d Zucc. Fl. Jap. ii. t. 103, 104. Pof. Ma^j. (. 2743. 



Amcnti 9 squanife a pbiribus revera simplius dicuiitur, lamina tamcn ovuUfera, etsi arcto adnata, 

 semper distinguenda est, ut bene ait Dicks, in Edinb. New Phil. Journ. ser. 2, xiii. 19G, nee perfoctc 

 distiiicta ut erroro galUce redditur in AdiLnsonia ii. 73. Nomcn Salisburyanuni a Jkownio et 

 Rioliardio rejectum fuit ob similiter sonantem BciUs, Linn. 



23. Agrathis, SaJish. in Trans. Linn. Soc. viii. 311, t. 15, non Gccrtn. (Dammara, Lamb. 

 Pin. ed. 1, ii. 14, t 6.)— Flores monoici v. dioici, ^ in pedunculis axillaribus solitarii, 

 squarais ad apicem pedunculi confertim imbricatis decussatis stipati. Staminum columna 

 intra squamas sessilis, ovoideo-oblonga v. crasse cylindracea ; antherre numerosie, densis- 

 sime confertiB, spiraliter multiseriatse, stipite longiusculo rigido, loculis 5-oo ex apice 

 stipitis extrorsum pendulis oblongis linearibusve introrsum dehiscentibus, conncctivo in 

 appendicem squamiformem sursum inflexam producto. Amenta $ ovoidea v. globosa ; 

 squamre (post antliesin) specie simplices, multiseriatie, spiraliter arete imbricatie, apicibus 

 latis appressis v. breviter patentibus, lamina ovulifera squama multo breviore tenuissima 

 arete adnata vix nisi linea transversa medium versus squamie con.spicua. Ovula solitaria 

 v. sub anthesi 2, uno srepius mox abortiente (v. onniino deficiente ?), reversa, squamte 

 appressa. Strobilus globo.sus, squamifj latis indiu'atis arete appressis tardius liiautibus 

 persisteutibus. Semen sub quaque sfjuama sitpius 1, unilaterale (altero abortivo ?) v. 

 centrale, interdum vero 2 perfecta, reversa, compressa, ovata v. oblonga, testa crassius- 

 cule membranacea latere exteriore v. utrinque in alam latam forma varia expansa ; 

 embryo normalis, 2-cotyledonous. — Arbores excelsre, resinam copiosam scatentes. Rami 

 subvurticillati, gemmis novellis Scxq^ius squamis imbricatis obtoctis. Folia subopposita, 

 ovata oblonga v. rarius lanceolata, crasse coriacea, ecostata, tenuiter striate- venulosa. 

 Flores ^ in pedunculo brevi J-1-pollicares. Amenta $ ramulos breves terminantia. Stro- 

 bili perfecti in nonnullis speciebus ultra 2 poll, diametro. Semen, si unicum, semper ad 

 unum latus costse centralis squamie vidimus. 



Species descriptae 8-10, et forte plures revera distinctse, etsi vix 4 e speciminibus bene definlendse. 

 Archipelagi Malayan!, ins. Fiji, Xovse Caledonise, Novae Zelandiae et Australiie oriontJilis tropicae 

 incolse. L. C. Rich. Conif. t. 19. Parlat. in HG. Prod. xvi. ii. 374 {Dammara). A. DivU. in Trans, 

 Soc. Dot. Edinh. vii. 207, t. 5. Lamb. Pin. ed. i. L 38 (Pinus) ; ed. min. t. 54, 55. Forbes, Pinct. 

 Wob. t. 58, 59. Hook. Kiw Jonrn. iv. t. 4. Dot, Mag. t. 5369. ^^7. des Scrns xi. Misc. 7o, cum. ic. 

 Seem. Fl. Vit. 263, t. 76. Icones omnes printer L. C. Rich, enb Darnmura. 



!Nomen Sab'sljurjnnnni, a L. C. Kicliard bene acceptum, jure prioritatis gauJet. Dammara ab 

 suctoribus recentioribus Eumphio ascribitur, Eumphius tamen uunqiiam genus deiinivit, sed sub 

 hoc nomine arbores tres resjiiiforas descripait, quarum una est Canarii species, altera Shorca, tertia 

 sola ad Agathin pertinet. Dammara, Ga;rtn., est Burser<s species. 



Flores monoicos in hoc genere negat Parlatore, sed specimina Xovo-Zolaiulica in htrb. Kcw certe 

 flimul amenta $ et flores <? fernnt, wt a Lambertio delinentur. 



