66 CHAMJECYPARIS. 
Habitat in insule Kiusiu provincia Figo, in sylvis montis 
Sukejama (329 L. B.), culta in horto insule Decima. 
»Arbuscula culta 5 — 6 pedalis, ramis gracilibus, nutantibus, 
»cortice einereo-fuscescente tenui, in laminas tenues irregulariter 
»solvendo. Ramuli numerosi, undique patentes, nec distichi. Gem- 
me nudi. Folia decussatim opposita, terna v. quaterna approxi- 
»,mata, plerumque squarroso patentia, acerosa, e basi decurrente 
»linearia, aeuta, rarius (in ramulis amenta mascula ferentibus) 
,erecto-subadpressa, breviora, lanceolata et subsquamewformia, 
»integerrima, glabra, superne lwte virentia, subtus utrinque ad 
nervum medium stomatum stria longitudinali albida notata, 39— 
»Á'" longa, V5''' lata, per triennium virentia. Flores monoici, 
J.amentacei. Amenta mascula terminalia, solitaria, nuda, ses- 
»Silia, subglobosa. Stamina (flores) 10 — 12, arcte decussatim 
,Imbrieata. Filamenta brevia, cylindriea, horizontaliter paten- 
»tia, sursum dilatata in squamam semiorbicularem euspidatam , 
,Ccrenulatam, membranaceam, e cujus margine inferiore descen- 
,dunt antherae loeula duo, elliptiea, rotundata, deorsum rima 
»longitudinali dehiscentia, bivalvia. Flores feminei non obser- 
»vati. Strobili maturi globosi , magnitudine pisi minoris, termi- 
nales in ramulis anni praecedentis, solitarii. Squamae 10—12, 
»decussatim oppositae, primum clausae, demum siccae sejunctae 
»Squarroso patentes, e basi cuneata sursum dilatatae in aream 
irregulariter parallelopipedam , in centro vix umbonatam, sor- 
»dide brunneo-fuscam. Semina in basi cujusvis squamae duo, 
»Sessilia, erecta, orthotropa, elliptica, sursum attenuata, utrin- 
»que praeter apicem ct basim ala cincta lata, membranacea, 
»fuscescente, grano latiore. ''esta crustaceo-membranacea, vittis 
,resiniferis subeylindricis numerosis irregulariter notata. Albu- 
»,men et embryo haud suppetunt.  Zuccarini ld. c. 
XH. TAXODIUM Rich. 
Taxodium L. C. Richard in Annal. Mus. XVI. 298. Conif. 143. 
Schubertia Mirbel in Bullet. Soc. philomat. 1813. p. 121. Spach 
Hist. nat. veg. phaner. XI. 341. 
Flores in iisdem ramis monoici, amentis staminigeris 
plurimis, in spicam terminalem dispositis, gzemmuliferis 
