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Gunniane. N. O. Conifere. 
TAB. DLIX. 
ARTHROTAXIS CUPRESSOIDES. Don. 
Ramis (cum foliis) teretibus, foliis late rhombeo-ovatis obtusis | 
appressis obtuse carinatis quadrifariam imbricatis, squamis 
antheriferis ellipticis obtusis longe stipitatis. : 
Arthrotaxis cupressoides. Don, Trans. Linn. Soc. v. 18, p. 173+ ; 
t. 13, f. 2. (excl. n. 369, of Mr. Gunn.) x 
Has. Launceston, Tasmania. Mr. Gunn, (n. 365) 1833. 
One of the many fine and new plants which have been sent ‘ 
from Tasmania (as the inhabitants of Van Diemen’s Lané, 
correctly enough, wish their island to be called) by the excelle 
Ronald Gunn, Esq., and well described, and also figured, 
the late Mr. Don. Our specimens, though not possessing pe 
fect fruit, enable us to add a more perfect analysis than has y 
appeared. Mr. Don’s essential character of this genus will 
given with our next plate. | 
Fig. 1. Leaf, seen from the underside. /. 2. Female amet 
or strobilus. 7. 3. Scale from the same, with its seeds. 
Immature seed. f. 5. Male amentum. jf. 6. The same,t 
advanced. f.7, 8. Back and front view of the antherife 
scale :—more or less magnified, 
