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»dente plerumque subverticillat:, ovato, acutz.  Perule lanceo- 
late, acuminate, margine longe sphacelato-ciliat:t , aridz, 
,membranace:s, fuscescentes, primum arcte imbricate et apice 
»reflex: , demum a se invicem remote, basi lignescentes, gem- 
,mas secundarias foliiferas v. floriferas in axillis foventes. Gem- 
m: hz foliifer:z iterum perulatz:, perulis 10 — 12 aridis, mar- 
»£ine sphacelato filamentosis et intricatis, in tubum quatuor cir- 
»Citer lineas longum foliorum fasciculum cingentem junctis. Folia 
»in quovis fasciculo s. ramulo abbreviato gemina, acerosa, rigida, 
»attamen sszpius subflexuosa , breviter acuta, margine serrulato- 
»Scabra, ceterum glabra, glaucescentia, subtus convexa, superne con- 
»cava et utrinque seriebus stomatum pluribus discretis notata, 4 — 
»6 pollices longa, per triennium virentia. Gemmce florifer:z in infe- 
,riore ramuli novelli parte ex axillis perularum 10— 20 in spicam 
»abbreviatam congestz, perulatz. Amenta maseula sessilia, cylin- 
»driea, pollicem fere longa. Stamina dense imbricata, alternantia. 
»Filamenta brevia, filiformia, apice dilatata in connectivi pro- 
»cessum suborbicularem, irregulariter erenulatum, aridum, sur- 
sum flexum, e cujus basi descendunt antherz locula duo, postice 
,rima longitudinali bivalvia. Amenta feminea terminalia solitaria 
»V. Subfascieulata, singula in ramulo abbreviato dense perulis 
,laneeolatis acutis serrulatis aridis vestito, elliptica, sub anthesi 
»erecta. Squam:e numeros:e, dense alternatim imbrieate, breviter 
»Stipitatzte, inde e basi late cuneata suborbiculares, rotundate, 
margine subinerassato, muticz v. brevissime mucronulate, so- 
»lito more biovulatz. Bractesz e basi euneata spathulatz, trun- 
5Cate, retuse, squama plus quam duplo breviores, serius eva- 
,nidz.  Strobili secundo anno maturescentes , in stipite brevi 
,reflexi, coniei, sesqui — bipollicares, basi rotundati, apicem versus 
Jsensim attenuati; squam:e lignosw, oblongz, sursum parum in- 
»Crassatse, apice oblique rhombezx , areolatz, castanes. Semina 
»Subrhombea , ala cultriformi membranacea, tenuiter striata, ex 
»albo fuscescente et ipsis triplo longiore aucta. Testa crustacea, 
»fuscescens. Albumen :equabile, carnosum. Embryo in axi al- 
»buminis inversus , radicula cylindrica micropylen spectante , 
»cotyledonibus plerumque sex, brevibus, oblongis, obtusis, con- 
,nhiventibus.4  Zuccarini l. c. 
