AwENTA GEMMULIFERA.  SQvaAw paues, dorso in-. 
fra apicem s:zpissime mucronatz, circa axim abbre- 
viatum uni-pluriseriatim verticillate , v. juxta axim 
plus minus elongatum undique insertw, peltatz. 
GrwwvLE ad basim squamarum v. juxta earundem 
slipitem solitari: v. plures, definitzw aut rarissime 
indefinitz , sessiles, erect», atropz, apice aperto 
in collum, plus minus longum, fccundatione pe- 
racta obliteratum producto. 
Fnocrus syncarpium e squamis carnoso-incrassatis 
v. lignoso-induratis, arcte conniventibus v. inter- 
dum etiam coalescentibus, tandem ad suturas so- 
lutis, persistentibus, drupaceus v. strobilaceus. 
SrwiwA e squamarum basi erecta, solitaria ,. ge- 
mina v. raro plurima, intequmento membranaceo, 
lignoso aut interdum osseo, angulato v. szpissime 
utroque margine in alam membranaceam producto. 
Exsnvo in axi albuminis carnosi, parci anti- 
tropus, ejusdem longitudine; cotyledonibus duabus, 
rarius tribus ad novem, oblongis, obtusis, radi- 
cula cylindrica apice cum albumine concrescente, 
ratione squam:e supera. 
