 SEQUOIA. 197 
Arthrotaxis laxifolia Hooker Ic. t. 513. Hooker f. in London 
Journ. of Bot. IV. 149. 
Habitat in. Tasmannia , ad. cataractas Meandri. 
Species floribus plane ignotis dubia. 
VL SEQUOIA Endl. 
Sequoia Endl. Gen. pl. Suppl. IV. inedit. Condylocarpus Salisbury 
m$c. '"laxodii sp. Lamb. 
Flores in diversis ramulis monoici.  Staminig. Amenta 
axillaria globosa, subspicata, perulata. Stamina plurima, 
axi inserta; fillamenta brevissime filiformia, in connectivi 
squamulam late ovatam, verticalem producta, antherce 
loculis duobus, connectivi basi continuis, discretis, pa- 
rallelis , postice longitudinaliter bivalvibus. ^ Seminif. 
Amenta ....  Strobilus subglobosus, squamis coriaceo 
lignosis, suborbicularibus, ungue brevi excentrico pelta- 
tis, lamina rugosa margine involuta, medio breviter mu- 
cronata, persistentibus. Semina sub quavis squama 5—7, 
infra ejusdem marginem superiorem libere pendula, tu- 
berculis minutis hilo orbiculari inserta, elliptica, com- 
pressa, integumento subcrustaceo utrinque in alam mem- 
branaceam rigidam, latiusculam, basi ad hilum emargi- 
natam , apice versus micropylen deorsum spectantem 
sensim angustatam producto. Albumen carnosum. Em- 
bryo: 
Arbores Californice, gigantee. | Rami alterni, teretes, 
foliis abbreviatis anguste lanceolatis longe adnato decurren- 
libus vestiti; ramulorum foliis linearibus, alternis distiche 
lineari- subfalcatis, obtusiusculis v. acutis, rigide coriaceis, 
persistentibus, supra lucidis, sulco longitudinali exaratis , 
