249 CXVI. CONIFERZ. —— [Arthrotazis. 
Don in Trans. Linn. Soe. xviii. Pei t. 18, f. 2; 
appare l ite. Leaves closely appressed and densely covering 
he branches, broad, very obtuse, thick and keeled, 1 to 13 lines I- 
ot ro it-cones rarely diameter when open, the dil 
tially about 3 to ea j : 
Tasm. i. — Parlat. in DC. Prod. xvi. i 433; Oun aiser cupres- 
soides, Zucc. in Sieb. Fl. Jap. ii. 9; Arthrotaxis imbricata, Maule 
— 
nia. Lake ^e: —_— Western Mountains, Pine river, Gunn, and others ; 
Lake erway F. Mue 
2. A. Oo Hd Hook. Ie. Pl. t. 079. A tree of 25 to 30 ft. closely 
allied to A. eupressoides, from which it differs in the leaves less closely 
appressed although imbricate, acute, and mostly about 2 MR long, 
e cones rather larger with the scales more acuminate, thus form- 
ing an approach as it were to the A. selaginoides.—H ook. f. Bs i 
354; Par e in DC. Prod. xvi. ii. 434 ; A. Doniana, Park. (Parlatore). 
Tasmania r the summits of the Western Mountains, at an elevation of 3000 
to 4000 ft., rally T dw. F. Mueller. 
` ' The leaves of young plants sent by Gunn are not elongated as in A. selaginoides. 
3. A. s inoides, Don in Trans. Linn. Soc. xviii. 172, 14 A 
stouter tea than the two other species, attaining 45 ft. AR loosely 
imbricate, lanceolate, acute, keeled, incurved, 3 to 4 lines long, those 
of the young see ling gs more linear, s eading, din. long. Fruit-cones 
4 to 2 in. diameter, the scales CRAS in a lanceolate point. Seeds 
usually à to 6 under each scale.— Hook. Ie. Pl. t. 574; Hook. f. Fl. 
Tasm. i. 954; Parlat. in DC. Prod. xvi. ii. 434; Cunninghamia sela- 
Ross Zucc: in Sieb. Fl. J ap. ii. 9; Arthrotaaxis "alpina; Van Houtte 
(Parlato re). 
Tasmania. Western Mountains, at an elevation of 3000 to 4000 ft., Gunn, Archer, 
F. Mueller. 
6. ARAUCARIA, Juss. 
