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I. PHYLLOCLADUS L. C. Rich. 
Phyllocladus Richard Conif. 129. t. 3.  Endl. Gen. pl. n. 1802. 
]Meisner Gen. 353. (264.) Brownetera Richard msc. RKobertia 
Rich. msc. Thalamia Sprengel Anleit. IT. 218. Phylloeladi spec. 
 Latill. 
Flores in diversis ramis monoici. Amenta staminigera 
terminalia, conferta, cylindrica, basi perulis cincta. Sta- 
mina axi inserta, plurima; filamenta brevissima, in con- 
nectivi processum squamzformem lacerum producta, an- 
there biloculares, loculis connectivo adnatis, latere lon- 
gitudinaliter dehiscentibus. Flores gemmuliferi.  Amenta 
pauciflora in racemos terminales aggregatos disposita, 
rhachi carnosa. Squamae gemmulifere alterne, navicula- 
res, summ efetz. | Gemmula sub quavis squama unica, 
sessilis, atropa, basi disco urceolari cincta, apice in col- 
lum brevem oblique truncatum producta. Fructus in 
quovis amento unicus, e bracteis in urceolum carnosum 
connatis semen basi cingentibus. Semen erectum, basi 
disco cupulari cinctum, integumento osseo nuciforme. 
Embryo in axi albuminis farinaceo -carnosi antitropus, 
cotyledonibus duabus brevissimis, radicula cylindrica, su- 
pera. 
Arbores in Tasmannia et in Nova Zeelandia indigena. 
Rami verticillati , foliis minutis squamaeformibus vestiti. Ra- 
muli distichi verticillative phyllodineo-dilatati, rhombei v. 
cuneati, flabellatim v. pinnatim venosi, margine folia squa- 
meformia, apice gemmam perulatam gerentia. 
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