FRENELA. 35 
HI. FRENELA Mirb. 
Frenela Mirbel in Mem. Mus. XIII. 30. excl. sp. atlant.  Spach 
Hist. nat. veg. phaner. XI. 345. Callitris Vent. Nov. gen. Dec. 
1808. excl. sp. atlant. 
Flores in diversis ramis monoici. Staminig. Amenta in 
ramulis terminalia, cylindrica. Stamina plurima, in axi 
ternatim verticillata, sexfariam imbricata; filamenta bre- 
vissima, in connectivi processum squamzformem, excen- 
trice peltatum producta, stipitulo loculos ^ horizontales, 
longitudinaliter bivalves gerente.  Seminif. Ámenta in ra- 
mulis solitarie terminalia v. paniculata. Squamiae gem- 
mulifere 6, circa axim depressum v. pyramidatum verti- 
cillatz , alternze angustiores, omnes sub apice mucronate 
v. mutice, primum patentes, tandem valvatim connata. 
Gemmulae ad basim squamarum plurimz, pluriseriatz, 
erect, atrope, micropyle breviter protracta lagensfor- 
mes. Strobilus subglobosus, sexvalvis, valvis lignosis, dorso 
convexis, infra apicem muticis v. mucronatis , facie planis, 
alternis minoribus, omnibus erecto-patentibus. Semina 
plurima, valvis multo minora, lenticulari compressa, in- 
tegumento subosseo, utrinque in alam membranaceam ex- 
panso. Embryo in axi albuminis carnosi antitropus, ejus- 
dem longitudine, cotyledonibus 3, radicula cylindrica, 
supera. 
Arbores v. frutices, in Nova Hollandia indigeni, resini- 
fiui, ramulis cylindricis v. triedris. — Folia ternatim verti- 
cillata, squamaeformia, | adnato- decurrentia , persistentia , 
eglandulosa. | Maturatio biennis. 
