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»patentia, sursum dilatata in squamam excentrice peltatam sub- 
,0rbieularem integerrimam, membranaceam, glabram, fusces- 
,centem, tenuiter radiatim striolatam, e cujus margine inferiore 
pdescendunt locula 3 — 5, elliptica, dense sibi opposita, deorsum 
,rima lengitudinali dehiscentia, bivalvia. Amenta feminea wque 
5ac mascula solitaria, ex apice ramulorum sed rariora, subglo- 
»bosa, magnitudine pisi, sessilia, composita e squamis 8 — 10, 
»decussatim imbricatis, ovatis, acutiusculis, erassis, coriaceis, 
apice subreflexis, glabris, virentibus. Bractec nulle. QOvula 5, 
»in basi eujusvis squamze erecta, libera, sessilia, biseriata, 
5,0vata, compressa, apice in collum breve eylindricum, pertusum 
»attenuata indeque lagenzformia, margine priter basim et api- 
»cem ala membranacea cineta.  Strobili terminales, solitarii, 
».seceundo (?) anno maturescentes, subglobosi. Squamze 8 — 10 
»lignescentes, brunne:x, glabrz, e basi late cuneata concava sub- 
»0rbiculares, apice reflex:e, post seminum delapsum in axi re- 
manentes, glabr:e, brunnes. Semina 5, erecía, orbicularia, 
,Compressa, alato-marginata.4  Zuccarini 0. c. 
X. CUPRESSUS Tournef. 
Cupressus Tournef. Inst. 358. Linn. Gen. pl. n. 1079.  Spach 
Hist. nat. veg. phaner. XI. 323. 
Flores in diversis ramis monoici. Staminig. Ámenta in 
ramulis terminalia, cylindrica. Stamina in axi decussatim 
opposita, quadrifariam imbricata, connectivo excentrice 
peltato ovato, mutico, loculis 4, horizontalibus, longi- 
tudinaliter dehiscentibus.  Seminif. Ámenta solitarie ter- 
minalia, subglobosa. Squame gemmulifere 6 —38, axi 
decussatim inserte, basi superne incrassate, inferne so- 
lut; patule. | Gemmulge ad squamarum basim incras- 
satam plurimze, pluriseriate, erecte, atrope, micropyle 
breviter protracta lagenzformes.  Strobilus e squamis 
