A2 LIBOCEDRUS. 
Thuia articulata Vahl Symb. II. 96. t. 48. Desfont. Flor. atlant. 
II. 353. t. 232. 
Frenela Fontanesii Mirbel in Mem. Mus. XIII. 54. 
Callitris quadrivalvis Vent. Nov. gen. Decad. 10. Richard Co- 
nif. 46. t. 8. f. 1. 
Habitat in collibus Barbarie et in. Atlante. 
Pro ratione soli frutex dumosus v. arbor gigantea, Cupressi 
horizontalis facie, diffuse ramosa, ramis teretibus, ramulis pa- 
tulis, complanatis, articulatis, articulis sursum quidquam la- 
tioribus. ) 
VI. LIBOCEDRUS Exndl. 
Thuise spec. Pópp. Hook. Dacrydii spec. Don. 
Flores in diversis ramis monoici. Staminig. Amenta in 
ramulis lateralibus terminalia, subcylindrica. | Stamina 
6 — 1, axi inserta; filamenta brevissima, in connectivi 
processum squamaformem, deltoideum, excentrice pel- 
tatum, subtus margine inferiore loculos ^ longitudinaliter 
dehiscentes gerentem producta. Seminif. Amenta in ramu- 
lis solitarie terminalia. Squame gemmuliferz ^, verticil- 
late, sub apice mucronate, altern; minores, primum 
patule, deinde valvatim conniventes. Gemmule ad basim 
squamarum geminze, collaterales, erecte, atrope, mi- 
cropyle in collum breve producta lagenz formes. Strobilus 
ovatus, quadrivalvis, valvis lignosis v. subcoriaceis, dorso 
infra apicem mucronatis, mucrone valide spinescente v. 
minuto tuberculiformi, intus planis v. concavis, alternis 
minoribus, sterilibus v. omnibus monospermis. Semina 
ad basim valvarum solitaria, erecta, lenticulari compressa, 
integumento cartilagineo, utrinque in alam membrana- 
ceam producto, ala altera angusta, marginiformi, altera 
