THE AUSTRALIAN CYPRESSES. 83 



No. 1. Frenela arenosa, Endlicher, the Sand Frenela. 

 Syn. Callitris arenosa. Sweet. 

 An evergreen bush, of which little is known, found growing 

 in sandy places in New Holland. 



No. 2. Frenela Australis, Mirhel, the Australian Frenela. 

 Syn. Callitris Australis, jR. Brown, 

 „ Thuja Australis, Desfont. 

 „ Chamaecyparis glauca, Hort. 

 An evergreen tree, with scale-formed leaves, decurrent at the 

 base, and placed in threes at the bottom of each joint, but 

 sometimes scattered, extended, spreading, and of a very glau- 

 cous white colour. Branches, and branchlets, slightly angular 

 and slender. Cones, globular, mostly in clusters, but sometimes 

 solitary, on short footstalks, and about the size of a common 

 nut. Valves, thick, rounded at the ends, oval, woody, smooth, 

 or longitudinally wrinkled, and with the central column short, 

 and three-edged. Seeds, oval, osseous, and furnished with a 

 narrow membranaceous wing on the sides. 



A tree, growing from 60 to 70 feet high, found on the east 

 coast of New Holland, and Van Diemen's Land, where it is 

 called by the settlers, the Oyster Bay Pine. 

 It is not hardy. 



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No. 3. Frenela calcarata, Cunningham, the Spurred 

 Frenela. 

 Syn. Callitris calcarata, R. Brown. 

 An evergreen tree, of which little is known, found in the in- 

 terior of the eastern part of New Holland. 

 It is tender. 



No. 4. Frenela ericoides, Endlicher, the Heath-like 

 Frenela. 

 Syn. Juniperus ericoides, Noisette. 

 A small evergreen bush, of which little is known, from New 

 Holland. 



