4. 
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Habitat in Sibiria arctica ad fluvium Boganida et Novaja 
sub 12 1? L. B. (Middendorp), nec non in Dahuria (Tur- 
czaninj. 
,Frutieulus humilis, trunco prostrato, abbreviato, tortuoso 
,divarieato ramoso, ramis adscendentibus, brevibus. Folia ace- 
,Tosa, annua, angustissime linearia, obtusiuscula, basin versus 
».parum attenuata, compressa, utrinque longitudinaliter bisuleata 
indeque quadrangulata, v. latere altero sublevia, altero bisul- 
»Cata, viridia, circiter 3/, unciam longa, e gemmis subzglobosis 
»V. subeylindricis, apice hiantibus erumpentia, primum fascicu- 
».lata, demum in ramulis hornotinis sparsa. Flores pr:coces, 
nudi, perianthio corollaque destituti, dispositi in amenta late- 
,ralia, monoica, e gemmis globosis v. cylindricis, apice hianti- 
»bus prodeuntia.  Amenta maseula subglobosa, minuta, basi 
»Squamis gemmarum cincta, e staminibus axi communi abbre- 
»viato undique confertissime insertis composita. Amenta femi- 
»nea basi squamis gemmarum nec non foliis acerosis cincta, 
,conflata e squamis (phyllis earpellaribus, ovariis apertis Auct. 
»pedunculis metamorphosatis nob.) persistentibus, demum eximie 
,inerescentibus, lignescentibus, singulis ovula 2 gerentibus, axi 
,.communi confertissime impositis, imbricatis, singulis e bractez 
,membranacez, coloratze, persistentis axilla enatis. Ovula nuda, 
»9vario destituta, lateri superiori cujusvis squam: gemminatim 
inserta, collateralia, inversa. Fructus strobili nutantes, ellipso- 
,ideo ovoidei, parvi, foliis duplo breviores v. ea vix wquantes, 
» V2 — 3/, pollicem longi: squam:e latissimze , orbiculatz, v. ovatze, 
»planiuscule, dorso parum convexiuscule , supra parum conea- 
».viuseule, marginem versus undique attenuatz, apice truncatz 
simulque profunde emarginatz, recte, persistentes, lignoss, 
,nitidz , omnino glaberrim:e: bractez ovate v. lanceolatz, acu- 
,minatze v. ex emarginatura longe mucronate, squamis demum 
»,— 3 breviores. Semina glaberrima, margine exteriore pro- 
»ducta in alam semiovatam, sublanceolatam, acutiusculam, semine 
»ipso triplo quadruplove longiorem , seminis latus squamam spec- 
»tans tegentem, maturitate difficilius a semine solvendam. T'raut- 
vett. l. c. 
