438 CLXV. CONIFERuE. lArducariec^. 



Species 1, Japonica. Parlai. in DC. Prcd, xvi, ii. 435. Fl. des Serres, t. 1483, ei Diar. plttr, 

 HorUil. ; ic. o?nu€s e Fl. Jap. repetitte, De phyllodioruna natura confer A. Dkls. in lie)). Bot, 

 €o)}gr. lond. 1866, 124, et Carrihe in Tlev. Hortic. 1868, 150, cum ic. 



Tribus VI. Abietine^. 



2C. Plnus, Linn. Gen. n. 1077, pro paHe. — Flores monoici, ^ ad apices ramomm v. 

 basin innovationTim cc spicati, singiili in axillis sqnamarTim rliaclieos solitarii, subsessiles 

 squamellisqiie noniuillis membranaceis imbricatis stipati. Staminum columna ovoidea 

 oblonga V. cylindracea; antherfe multiseriatfe, spiraliter confertpe, stipite brevi, locxilis 2 

 oblongis adnatis paralielis longitudinaliter dehiscentibus, connective ultra loculos in 

 appcndicem incurvam srpiamiformem cristatani v. rarius l)revem tuberciiliformem 

 producto; pollinis grannliie utroque latere lobulo globoso v. vesiculo aerifero appcndi- 

 culat;*;. Ajnenla $ ad apices ramorum solitaria v. pauca, sfepe recnrva, squamis vacnis 

 paiicis imbricatis atipata, globosa v. ovoidea. Sqnam?e diiplices, oc-seriatsDj spiraliter 

 imbricate!, laminis a basi v. fere a basi distinctis ; bractca v. lamina exterior parva, 

 niembranaceaj post anthcsin Innnutata; lamina ovnlifera jam sub antliesi bractea multo 

 major, superne dilatata v. incrassata, apice rotundata rctusa v. plus minus acuminata. 

 Ovula 2, ima basi laniinse ovuliferie, cum ea coutinua arcteque reflexaj post anthesin ob 

 basin laminre accrescentciu paullo altiua inserta videntur. Strobilus ovoidcusconoideus v, 

 oblonguSj bracteis immntatis marcescentibus v. evanidis ; sqiiauite e lamina ovulifera 

 sola compositie, arete imbricatse, lignosie, nunc apice incrassatfe vertice areolas mutua 

 presaione quadratas formantes, nunc apice in acumen durum productive v. apice rotundat.'e 

 attenuatieqne, maturitate srepius hiantos, din persistentes. Semina sub quaque squama 

 geminaj reversa, pseudosamaroidea, nempe supra insertionem membrana tenuiter scariosa 

 byalina a strato interiore squamre soluta coronata et utroque latere marginata ;" semen 

 verum ovoideo-compressum, ab ala si^i^e demum solutum, testa Crustacea nnda v. rarius 

 apice angustissime ala vera marginata; embryo normalis, cotyledonibus s?epius 3-oc. — 

 Arbores rarius frutices, sempervirentes. Folia dimorpba, primaria (male ab auct. plur. 

 pcnthe dicta) parva, S(iuamiformia, scariosa v. liyalina, niarcescentia, spiraliter oo-seriata; 

 secundaria conspicua, ad axillas sqiiamellarum per 2-5 fasciculata, acicularia, longiuscula 

 V. longissima, fasciculis (rarissime ad folium unicum reductis) basi squamis paucis hyalino- 

 scariosis vaginatis et in integrum deciduis. Strobili seepius sessiles, solitarii v. fasciculati, 

 ercctiusculi ln.irizontalc;s v. reflexi, rarissime poUicem tantum longi et interdum usque 

 ad pedales. In paucis speciebus semen delap.sum nudum est v. subnudum, membrana 

 aliformi parva v. a squama non solvenda. 



Species ,id 70, per rf^ginncs cxtratropiL-ns lipmisphrnni borealis iitriusque orbis lute dispersse, 

 perpaiicio intra tropicos in Asia orirntali. India occid<.'ntali et America centrali extensae. Parlai. 

 ill DC. Prod. xvi. ii. 377 {snhgouis). 



Genus apud LinniL'uni J///W/«ras omnes inclusit, qnem seentus est Parlatore in l*rodroino, quale 

 tamen ab aucturibua recentioribus plcrisquo liniitatur natnralissimum est, et foliornm dispositione 

 faciUimedipnuf-cendum, ctsi charactorilmsflomlibnsearpologicisve non semper accurate definitiun, ab 

 Kngelmanno nnper assiduc ecnitatnm in scetiones 1 primarias dividitiir:— 



1. Pinaster {Pinca, Parlat.). Antberaruni conneetivimi supra loculos in appcndicem squa- 

 iniformem incurvam produotum. Strobili squam;e ante deliiscentiam arete appresso-imbricatfe, 

 superne crastissiniDe lignosse, areolis teiminalibus (inepte «j36yj////5iii(5 dictis) mutua pressione plus 

 minus quadratis, nunc depressis subplanis, stepius medio umbouatis v. in nnicronem lignosum 

 coiiicum V. elongatum (in P. Sahiniauo affinibusque incurvum in P. Gerardiano recurvum) productis. 

 Species enumerat Engelmann in litt. 56. Fiit/cim. Bot. Calif, ii. 124, ined. L. C, Hich. Conif. t. 

 11, 12. Xecs, Gen. Fl. Germ. Monochl. n. 6. Beichh. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 521 ad 520. Lamh. Pin. cd. 

 1, t. 1 ad 21, et ii. t. 1, 9, 10; ed. min. t. 1 ad 29, 79, 80. Forhrs, Pin. Woh. i. 1 ad 26. Sdd?/. Fl. 

 Gr. t.OiO. Brand. For. Fl. t. 67. Sich. d Zucc. Fl. Jap. ii. t. 112 ad 114. Lemon in Trans. Hort. 

 Soc. w/-. 2, i. i. 20. Mich. X. Amer. Sijlv. iii. t. 134 ad 144. Nuit, N. Amer. Sylv. t. 113. Ton, 

 Bot. Emo}^ Fxped. t. 53 ad 58. Newberri/, Bot. WilUar/is. Fhpcd. t. 4, 6. 



P, monophylla, Torr. in Frem. liep. t. 4, insignis est foliis in vagina specie eolitariis teretibus; 



