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sate, inferne solute, patule. Gemmulae ad basim squa- 
marum incrassatam 2 v. 3, erect:?, atrop:e, micropyle bre- 
viter protracta lagenz formes.  Strobilus e squamis lignes- 
centibus suborbiculari v. parallelopipedi-angulatis, pel- 
tatis, vertice centro umbonatis, primum arcte conniventibus, 
demum hiantibus. Semina ad basim stipitis squamarum 
2 — 3, elliptica, compressa v. angulata, utrinque in alam 
membranaceam, plus minus latam producta. Embryo in 
axi albuminis carnosi antitropus, cotyledonibus 2, radicula 
cylindrica, supera. 
Arbores boreali americanae et japonicae, partim ezxcelse, 
coma ampla, ligno albo firmo , sempervirentes. Folia quin- 
tum in annum persistentia , decussata , imbricata et ramos 
omnino tegentia, squamaformia, v. rarissime acerosa , line- 
aria, squarroso-patentia, uninervia. Flores vernales. Ma- 
turatio annua. | Gemmae nudae. 
I. EUCHAMJECYPARIS.  Seminum integumentum cana- 
libus resiniferis nullis v. viz manifestis. — Species boreali 
americanae. 
1. CHAWMJECYPARIS SPHJEROIDEA Spach. 
Euchamaceyparis ramis patentibus tetragonis, foliis acu- 
minatis dorso convexo glanduliferis. 
Cupressus nana mariana, fructu caeruleo parvo Piuknet Mantiss. 
61. t. 345. f. i. 
Cupressus thyoides Lin. Spec. 1422. Duroi Harbk. ed. Pott. 1. 
213. Wangenh. Beitr. 8. t. 2. f. 4. Willd. Baums. 111. Lois- 
leur Nouv. Duham III. t. 2. Michaux Arbr. forest. III. 20. 
t. 2. Hooker Flor. Bor. Amer. II. 165.  Loudon Arboret. 
Brit. IV. 2415. f. 2321. 
Thuia sphaeroidalis Richard Conif. 45. t. 8. 
Chamaecyparis sphaeroidea Spach Hist. nat. veg. phaner. XI. 331. 
