20S NOUVELLKS. ARCHIVES DO MUSEUM. 



«. ilMlCARIA COOKII R. Brown. (Tab. U.) 



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Arbor excelsa, 40-60 metr. alta, « ramis sub-5- verticil! atis, bre- 



vibus, horizontalibus. » 



Rarauii juveniles et adulti plerique distichi, adscendentes. 



Folia in arboris juventute compressa-tetragona, subulata, arcuata, 

 adscendentia, in ram u lis imbricata, 1 cent, longa, in ramis paulo dis- 

 tantia, 12 mill, longa; arboris adultae in ramulis masculis sterilibus 

 vel amenligeris brevia, squamiformia. imbricata, 5-6 mill, longa, 

 4-5 mill, lata, ovato-ro tun data, intus concava et punctulis minutis, 

 albis, multiseriatis conspersa, dorso convexa medioque subcarinata, 

 lucida, in ramulis femineis plerumque ovata, paulo longiora angus- 

 tioraque, ca^terum conformia. 



Amenta mascula ramulos 15-20 cent, longos sterilibus conformes 

 terminantia, cylindrico-conoidea, 5-8 cent, longa, 1 J cent, lata, basi 



bracteis imbricatis involucrala ovatis, ovato-lanceolatis vel superiori- 

 buslanceolatis, sensim angustalis, submembranaceis margine scarioso 

 inaequaliter denticulatis. Stamina arete imbricata, connectivo ovato 

 submembranaceo basi incrassato, margine scarioso fimbriatoque , 

 6 mill. longo, basi 5 mill, lato; lobi polliniferi decern, plerique 

 patentes, apice subulali, 3-fi interiores (filamento contigui) concavi 



apice paulum cucullali. 



Amenta feminea 5 cent, longa, 2 \ cent, lata, ramulos 3-4 cent. 



longos terminantia, foliis imbricatis applicatis, ovato-triangularibus, 

 utrinque medio plus minusve carinatis, mulliseriatim albo-punctulatis, 

 nitidis, 8-10 mill, longis, superioribus ovato-lanceolatis vel etiam 

 angustato-subulatis, margine subtilissime denticulatis. Squamae Ian- 

 ceolatae, infra medium lateraliter alatac, alis membranaceis rotun- 

 datis, versus apicem angustato-subulatae reflexae, 15-16 mill, longae; 



