pss 
Dacrydium.] ` CXVI. CONIFERZ, 245 
The genus is dispersed over the Indian Archipelago, New Caledonia, and New 
Zealand; the Tasmanian species is endemic. 
arg EM Rate pepe Lond. Journ, iv. 159, t. 6, and 
357, t. 100. A tree attaining sometimes 100 ft. though 
otten quadrifarious. Male amenta (on pi seen m an eae RN ide 
gear cylindrical, consisting of stein 12 it-cones 
short, decurved, consisting of 4 to 8 dior ibin persistent 
le 
mtegument membranous with a minute Aang the inner one crustaceous, 
— Parlat. in v Prod. xvi. ii. 495; D. Huronense, A. Cunn. Herb. 
Tasmania. Southern and wes ts of the island, A. Cunningham, and others. 
* Huron P. Pine" of the colonists. 
9. PHEROSPHZERA, Archer. 
ers dicecious. Male amenta ovoid-globular. Stamens several, 
^. Flow 
spirally arranged, very shortly c contracted at the base, the incu rved 
X not so broad a d anther. Anther-cells 2, parallel, Yen sth 
wards in 2 valves. p» e amenta ovate, with several spirally arr 
Scales, and a a single erect ovule within eac Fruit-cones ovoid, the 
Scales thickened at ad put concave. Seeds (as yet ee 
ovoid-oblong, he intecument green, loose, contracted i 
néck open and crenulate [S the orifice d sometimes * longitudinally 
at the apex bát bim about 4 line long. Seed small.—Hook. f. Fl. 
Tasm. i. 355, t. 99; Parlat. in DC. Prod. xvi. ii. 497. 
Tasmania. Moin near Lake St. Clair, Gunn; high alpine flats, Mount Field 
10. PHYLLOCLADUS, Rich. 
(Thalamia, Spreng.) 
wers monoecious (or sometimes diccious ?). Male amenta cylin- 
 _ Flow 
. Wrical, surrounded by bracts at the base. Stamens imbricated, con- 
