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itat in. Capite bonae Spei, in regione inferiore occiden- 
tali, in jugi Cedernberg. dicti monte. Blaawwberg ,. alt. 3000 
— 4000 '. 
Arbor uti videtur satis magna, trunco stricto, ramis patentibus 
v. adscendentibus, juventute foliatis, plus minus angulosis. Ra- 
muli erecto patentes v. penduli, nune angulati foliis acicularibus 
ornati, nune cylindriei, foliis squameeformibus tecti. Folia ses- 
silia, adnato-decurrentia, glauco viridia, coriacea, ramulorum 
extremorum et in stirpe juniore lineari acieularia, plana, mu- 
eronata, subtrinervia, patentia v. laxe deflexa, dense alternatim 
conferta, 6 — 15 lineas longa, !/; — 1 lin. lata, in stirpe adultiore 
vix non omnia squamulwformia, ovalia v. ovali lanceolata aut 
subrhomboidalia, obtusa v. acuta, interdum etiam mueronaía, 
arcte v. laxius imbricata, dorso interdum glandula immersa mu- 
nita. Strobili in ramulis lateralibus 3 — 4 subspicati, depresse 
globosi, valvis ovatis, lignosis, extus fusco rubentibus, nitidis, 
rugosis, dorso infra apicem in spinam pyramidatam validam con- 
colorem , patentem, apice acuto subreflexam exceurrentibus, intus 
planis et nonnisi ob margines reflexos paullum convexis. Semina 
anguste alata, ala test: spadicecw concolore, valvis plus duplo 
breviora. 
9. WIDDRINGTONIA CUPRESSOIDES Endl.: 
Widdringtonia strobili squamis dorso infra apicem co- 
nico mucronatis, facie acute carinatis decaspermis, semi- 
nibus biseriatis. 
Thuia cupressoides Linn. Mant. 195. "Thunberg Flor. cap. ed. 
Schult. 500. Loudon Arboret. Brit. IV. 2460. f. 2316. ( plant, 
Juv.) 
'huia aphylla Burmann Prodr. 27. 
Callitris cupressoides Schrader msc. in Herb. Dreg. E. Meyer 
Pflansengeogr. Dokum. 126. 110. 
Callitris strieta Schrader msc. 
Pachylepis cupressoides Brongn. in Annal. sc. nat. 1. Ser. 
XXX. 190. 
Widdringtonia cupressoides End!. Cat. Hort. Vindob. I. 209. 
Habitat in. regionis inferioris australis Capitis bonae Spei 
alt. 1000 — 3000 '. 
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