S'2 FRENELA ; OR 



small, solitary and terminal, star-like bodies, having their axis 

 terminating in three soft club-like glands or abortive scales. Sir 

 William Hooker describes the fruit as consisting of nine scales, 

 three in each whorl, the lower three which alternate with the 

 uppermost leaves are barren, the intermediate three only are 

 fertile, the three uppermost alternate with the fertile ones and 

 are flattened, but stand with their edges bent outwards, each 

 fertile scale has three erect seeds, surrounded by a broad wing, 

 and ending in a narrow neck ; the central seed is attached to the 

 scale, the other two to the axil, but sometimes two seeds are on 

 the scale, and three on the axil. 



A large evergreen tree, growing 100 feet high, with slender 

 spreading branches, bending downwards at the ends in a curved 

 manner. 



It is found on the Patagonian mountains, growing in rocky 

 places on the Pacific side, to a large tree, with a stem eight feet 

 in diameter, but diminishing with elevation until it dwindles 

 down to a small bush, only a few inches high, on the borders of 

 perpetual congelation. 



It will stand our ordinary winters in favourable situations, 

 but is very much injured, and frequently killed in severe ones. 



Gen. FRENELA. A/trbel. 



Flowers, monoecious, or male and female on the same plant, 

 but separate. 



Cones, globular, or conical, and consisting of six valvated 

 scales, the alternate ones being much the smallest and shortest. 



Seeds, numerous, more or less angular, and laterally winged on 

 both sides. 



Leaves, mostly tcrnate, scale-formed, and decurrent. 



Seed-leaves, in threes. 



All trees or shrubs, and natives of New Holland. 



Named after M. Frenel, by Professor Mirbel of Paris. 



