444 PODOSTEMACEAE. 



Sect. II. BWARPIAE Tulasne 1. c. — Fructus dicarpidiatus. 



XX. WEDDEFiliWA Tulasne. 



(Tulasne, Ann. des sc. natur. [Ser. 3.] XI. 113.) 



Perigonium calycinum pentaphyllum, foliolis lineari-oblongis aequa- 

 libus liberis, aestivatione imbricatis, nervo medio crassissimo, limbo 

 destruclo tandem superstite instructis. Stamina plurima ^6 — 10) verti- 

 cillata uniseriata libera, antheris introrsis oblongis, polline ellipsoideo- 

 trigono. Ovarium laeve ecostatum biloculare, stylus columnaris teres, 

 stigmale capitato coronatus. Capsula bilocularis, septicide bivalvis 

 pleiosperma. — Herba: rhizomate lineari ramoso subligneo intricato; fo- 

 liis dichotome multisectis, divisuris linearibus squamulosis, squamis ad- 

 pressis duris acutis; scapis alternatim bracteigeris unifloris ; bracteis 

 exiguis membranaceis obovato-obtusis, late sessilibus, scapum ample- 

 ctentibus. 

 1. *W. SQUAMULOSA Tulasne 1. c. — Crescit in Guiana Anglica. 



Ordo CCXXVII. CUPRESSACEAE wiprs. 



(CUPRESSINEAE L. C. Rich. — Endl. Gen. pl. p. 258. 8c Suppl. IV. II. p. 1. — Meisn. 



Gener. pl. vascul. I. 352. II. 263. — Endl. Synops. Coniferar. [Sangalli 1847. 8vo] p. 3—74. 



— WJprs. Annal. I. 745.) 



I. JITtflPBRlJS Linn. 



(Endl. Synops. Conifer. p. 7.) 



Sect. II. OXYCEDMJS Spach. — Endl. 1. c. 9. 



1. J. PYGMAEA C. Koch, Linnaea XXII. 302. f — Prostrata aut pyramidata: ramis acu- 

 tangulis snbarticulalis; folia lineari-oblonga, subito in acumen pungens altenuata cur- 

 vntulo-patentia, subtus obtusa, sed in carina Iinea impressa non instructa, supra cae- 

 sio-pruinosa concava; squamae staminiferae ovato -acuminatae. — Crescit in montibus 

 altis Ponticis. 



Sect. III. SABINA Spach. — Endl. I. c. 17. 



2. I. POLYCARPOS C. Koch I. c. 303. f — Arboreo-fruticosa: cortice brunneo; ramorum 

 folia lerna et opposita, ovata quidem, sed acuminata appressa, ramulorum opposita, 

 quadrifariam et arcte imbricala , glandula oblonga in dorso convexo instructa ovato- 

 acuta; galbuli conferti molles laierales, suo ramulo multo majores, sphaeroidei brun- 



