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S. ARAVCARIA MONTANA Ad. Br. et A. Oris. (Tab. 14.) 





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Arbor 20-30 metr. alta. 







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Folia arboris adultae in ramulis speciminis feminei imbricata, 



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squamiformia, 13 mill, longa, 8 mill, lata, arcuata, ovata, obtusius- 



cu 



| g 



plus minusve concava nervo medio dorsali notata, punctulis 



albis multiseriatis conspersa, extus plus minusve pruinosa. 



lit i| 





Amenta mascula (in speciminibus haud integris), ut videtur, 



I I If 4 



8-9 cent, longa, 2*-3 cent, lata, basi bracfeis involucrata, mediis 

 oblongo-lanceolatis, 1 cent. 1 J longis, 5 mill, latis, superioribus supra 

 basim angustatam lateraliter rotundato dilalatis, versus apicem angus- 



tato-subulalis; stamina arete imbricata connectivo 6-7 mill, longo, 



&-5 mi 



ut 



cordato, crasso, nitido, apice acuto, marg 



subtilissime fimbriato; lobi polliniferi J 2, patentes 





in 

 bus tantum concavis apice paulum 



strobilifi 



g 



arcuatus, ramis 



bus immixtus 



*<? 



gus, foliis squamiformibus subconformibus obtectus 





Strobilus ovoideus, 10-11 



g 



8 cent, latus; squamae 



obovato-rotundatae, 2 \ cent, longa? lataeque, parte superiore 



tundata. externe 



convexa sicutque transverse 



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earinata, nitida, in appendicem lanceolatam rigidam, adpressam, 

 rectam, pungentem, 9 mill, longam productae, lateraliter in alam 

 scariosam fulvam, fragilem, 7-8 cent, latam expansae, medio inflatae; 

 squamula margine subtiliter fimbriata apice tantum libera. 



Habitat in cacumine montis Mi dicti, altitudine 1,000 metr.; in montibus ferrugineis inter 

 Mouaoua et Kanala, altitudine 900 metr. 



M. Balansa a recolte cette espece dans les montagnes eruptives 

 a une altitude assez elevee, a partir d'environ 800 metres. 



