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larum dentibus 15 — 16 pluribusve, Itneari-lanceolatis appressis, sursum fuscescentibus, 

 marglnibus pallidis subciliolatis, dein sphacelatis et truncatis; amentis masculis ra- 

 mulos terrairiantibus cylindraceis densifloris, vaginis brevibus subpatellaeformibus, 

 dentibus circiter 13 elliptico-lanceolatis ; strobilis subglobosis, utrinque truncatis po- 

 lystichis, bracteolis prominentibus cristatis. t)&t> — Frutex 30— 40-pedaIis vel arbor 

 25 — 35-pedaIis. — C. obesa Miquel in Lehm. Plant. Preiss. I. 620. — C. torutosae 

 Ait. quam maxime affinis, attamen distinguenda. — • Cresclt in Nova Hollandia orientali 

 et aastro-occldentali, in turfosis ad fl. Cygnorum. 



* Species dubia. 



32. C. SPARSA Tausch, Flora [B. Z.] XXII. 480. — Miq. 1. clt. pag. 78. — Monolca : 

 ramulis nutantibus laxis remotis 6-suIcatis glabris, denticulis vaginarum erectis patu- 

 lis, ramulis spicigeris sparsis; spicis foemineis ovatis , masculis linearibus abbre- 

 viatis 7 — 9-articuIat!s. l) — Fortassis praecedentium synonymis adscribenda , et cum 

 C. pumila, C suberosa, C. equisetifolia et C. leptoclada comparanda. — Crescit ? 



if Species a miquelio omlBsae. 



33. C. LUCIDA Dehnhardt, Rivista Napolitana I. 3. pag. 173, ^- — Ramulis strictisslmis 

 teretibus truncatis lucidis rlgtdls paullo sulcatls, dentlbus vaginarum brevibus appres- 

 sis ; verticlllls approxlmatis. ^ — Nova Hollandia. 



34. C. HEXAGONA Dehnhardt I. c. 176. f — Raraulis flaccidis hexagonls profunde 

 sulcatls flexuosls gracillbusque siibpubescentlbus; verticillis appniximatis. \) — In 

 Nova Hollandla. 



tif Species fossilis. 



33. C. PRISCA Miquel I. cit. pag. 79. t. 12. — Ramulis quinquangulatis, angulis pro- 

 minentibus, faciebus demissls, vaginarum dentlbus quinque triangularibus (patulis?); 

 amentis masculls subteretlbus , vaglnis qiiinquefloris, strobilis foeminels oblongls ob- 



tusis, 10-stichls?; bracteis , bracteolis incrassatis subsemlglobosls, aplce acu* 



tiusculo prominulls; achaenils tumldulis. — Fragmenta varla lapidi durlssimo (sllica?) 

 inclusa, in laminls tenulbus polltls bene observanda. Ramuli 1 — \% mm. crassi, an- 

 gulls prominentlbus, facierum demissarum sulci valde distincti. Internodlorum lon- 

 gitudo incognita. Amenta masc. qulnqiiangulato-teretia, 1 — 1% mm. crassa, vagiuis 

 5-floris junioribus, antheras juveniles bilobas includentibus. — Strobili *^— 1 cent. 

 crassi oblongi. — Proxima C. Preissianae et C. Lehmamicmae. 



Ordo CCm CDPRESSINEAE L. C. Rich. 



(Endl. Gener. plant. p. 238. & Suppl. IV. p, 1. — Melsn. Gener. pl. vascular. I. 352. 

 U. 263. — Eudl. Synops. Coniferar. [Sangalli 1847. 8™] pag. 3—74.) 



X. CUPRESSUS Tournef. 

 (Endl. Synops. Coniferar. p. 55.) 

 I. C. EHRENBERGII Knze. Linnaea XX. 16. f — Arborea: cortice fusco ruguloso ; 

 ramulls ascendentibus flexuosis; foliis trifariis, inferioribus laxis lineari-subulatis 

 pungentibus, subtus bisulcatls, superiorum imbricatis ovato-subulatis , apice incurviS} 

 strobilis minutis globosis, squamis quatuor ad sex. "^ — Crescit In Mexico. 



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