450 PODOGARPACEAE. 



III. JHCROCACHRYS Hook. fU. 



(Archer in Hook. Kew gard. misc. II. 51. — Endl. Synops. Conif. 227.) 



FJores dioici. Masculorum amenta ovata, squamae antheriferae rhom- 

 beo-ovatae, unguiculatae peltatae. Anlherarum thecae 2, globosae, squa- 

 mis suis vaJde majores, divaricatae. Pollen trigonuni, trinucleaturn, 

 Florum foemineorum amenta simplicissima, erecta, vix folia extrema 

 supereminentia: Squamae 4, semirotundae, cruciatim oppositae, conni- 

 ventes. Ovula 4, amenti ad angulos interiores posita. Strobilus mini- 

 mus, e squamis triangulari-ovatis, inaequalibus erectis formatus. Sernina 

 (2 generaliter perfecta) subfusiformia, nudissima, squamis sublatiora, 

 testa papyacea, triptera. — Arbuscula, 10 ad 20 ped. alta, facie sub- 

 similis Cupresso. Rami ramulosissimi. Ramuli plurimi,. tetragoni, sub- 

 1 lin. lati, subdistichi. Folia rhombeo-ovata, versus apicem inflexa, ob- 

 tusa, dorso obtusangulosa, cruciatim opposita, ramo appressa. Amenta 

 ad apices ramulorum plurima. 



1. *M. TETRAGONA Hook. fll. Lond. journ. of hot. IV. 150. (excl. descr. pl. foemin.) — 

 Habitat in Tasmannia. 



IV. PHEROSPHAERA Archer. 



(Archer iu Hook. Kew gard. miso, H. 52.; 



Flores dioici. Amenta mascula oblongo-cylindracea, vix ramulis suis 

 latiora. Squamae antheriferae rotuudo -ovatae, minute ciJiato-dentatae, 

 urtguiculatae. Antherarum thecae 2, globosae, squamis suis minores, 

 membranaceae, divaricatae. Pollen . . . ? Amenta foeminea ovata, sub- 

 erecta, ramulis suis dimidio latiora. Squamae oblongo-ovatae, concavae, 

 subnaviculares, ad apicem incurvae, peltatae, imbricatae. Ovula globosa, 

 solitaria, juxta apicem squamarum posita, super costam sedentia. Stro- 

 bilus parvulus, decurvus, e squamis (circiter 12) foliis submajoribus 

 leviter patentibus formatus. Semina minima, ovato - globosa, omnino 

 nuda, solitaria, testa chartaceo-spongiosa, laevi, substriata. — Fruticulus 

 prostratus, humifusus. Rami ramulosissimi. Ramuli plurimi, tetragoni, 

 siib-1 lin. lati, palentes, subdistichi. Folia rhombeo-ovata, dorso obtu- 

 sanguJosa, cruciatim opposita, arcte imbricata, ramo appressa. Amenta 

 ad apices ramulorum plurima. 



1. *PH. HOOKERIANA Archer in Hook. 1. c. — Microcachrys tetragona Hook. Lond. journ. 

 Bot. IV. 150. (quoad amenta.foem. solummodo). — Hahitat in Tasmannia. 



