CALLITRIS. Al 
tatum, suborbiculatum, muticum producta, stipitulo locu- 
los ^, patentiusculos, longitudinaliter bivalves gerente. 
Seminif. Amenta in ramulis lateralibus solitarie terminalia. 
Squame gemmulifere ^, circa axim depressum verticilla- 
t», alternz angustiores, omnes sub apice breviter mucro- 
nate, primum patentes, tandem valvatim connatz. Gem- 
mule ad basim squamarum angustiorum solitarie , ad 
basim latiorum gemine, contigue superposite, omnes 
erectz, atropze, micropyle in collum breve producta la- 
genzformes. —Stirobilus subgloboso tetragonus, quadri- 
valvis, valvis lignosis, dorso carinatis, sub apice breviter 
mucronatis, facie convexis, alternis angustioribus, omni- 
bus maturitate patentibus. Semina e basi erecta, valvis 
equilonga, subcylindrica, integumento cartilagineo, mar- 
gine utrinque in alam membranaceam valvis equilatam 
reflexam expanso. Embryo in axi albuminis parci carnosi 
antitropus, cylindricus, cotyledonibus duabus, radicula 
supera. 
Arbor atlantica, pyramidalis, resiniflua. Rami dichotomi 
v. pinnatim bipinnatimve ramosi , compressi, articulati. Folia 
decussatim opposita , verticillis duobus approaimatis verticilla- 
tim quaterna, minute squamaformia , coriacea, marcescenti 
persistentia, longe adnato decurrentia, marginalia navicularia, 
ramuli aciem amplectentia, facialia interiora rhombea, plana, 
omnia dorso glandulifera. 
1. CarLiTRIS QUADRIVALVIS Vent. 
? Oviov Homer. Odyss. II. 6. 
? Ovtov s. Ovía Theophrast. Hist. pl. V. 5. 
Cypressus fructu quadrivalvi, foliis Equiseti instar articulatis 
Shaw  Áfr. n. 19. c. dc. 
