Widdringtonm.] cxxix. pinace^ (Stapt). 335 



across, top wide, loose ; ultimate ramilicatious of the adult plant 

 blender, almost cylindiic, about J lin. in diam. Leaves of juvenile 

 state acicular, up to 1 in. by J-1 lin., of adult state squaniiform, 

 those of the older branches with a lanceolate acuminate or oblon*; 

 to ovate and acute somewhat spreading oj- appressed free blade, 

 2-1 lin. long, and a broad adnate base, usually narrowed downwards ; 

 those of the ultimate divisions squamiform, tightly appreased, ^o 

 that the contour of the branchlcts is an approximately straight line, 

 rhombic, about -h lin. long or shghtly longer, subacute at both ends, 

 the free and the adnate portions about equally long, slightly keeled 

 or rounded on the back, with 1-3 slender resin ducts, which are 

 usually not visible externally. Male cones cylindric-oblong, 1 J-2 lin. 

 long, ebracteate and subsessile in the cup formed by the subtending 

 foliage leaves ; scales in about decussate pans, coriaceous, sub- 

 peltate, the lower deltoid, with distinct hard beaks, the upper more 

 rounded and minutely apiculate ; pollen-sacs 4. Female cones in 

 short subsessile, often much reduced spikes, terminating with a 

 vegetative bud and 2|-5 lin. long ; cones at time of pollination 

 li lin. across, equalling or exceeding the subtending squamiform 

 broad-ovate acuminate bract ; scales ovate, apiculate, face bluish- 

 pruinose, back and margins greenish-brown; ovules up to o with 

 each scale. Mature cones ellipsoid-ovoid, 9-lU lin. long, 7-8 lin. 

 across (when closed), somewhat pruinous and resinous ; valves very 

 slightly spreading with an often pungent mucro (the morphological 

 apex) from below the top. Seeds ovate-lanceolate in outline, 3 lin., 

 or including the lateral wings, up to 5 lin. by 2J- lin., dark-brown, 

 the wings transparent towards the margins. — Masters in Gard. 

 Chron. 1894, xv. 746 ; 1894, xvi. 190, and 1905, xxxvii. 18 ; in Nature, 

 1894, 85 ; in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. xxxvii. 270; Whyte in Kew Bulletin, 

 1895, 189 ; McCloume in Kew Bulletin, 1896, 216 ; Rendle in Jomii. 

 Linn. Soc. Bot. xl. 235 ; Dallimore in Kew Bulletin, 1913, 221 ; 

 Burkill in Johnston, Brit. Centr. Afr. 279. W. Ma/tuni, Mast, 

 in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. xxxvii. 271. CaUitris MaJioni, Engl. 

 Pflanzenwelt Afi'. ii. 88. CaUitris Whytei, Engl. I.e. 89 ; Eyles in 

 Trans. R. Soc. South Afr. v. 292. 



MoEamb. Distr. Nyasaland : Mlanji Mountains, 7000-10,000 ft., Whyte\ 

 McCloimie ! Adamson, 443 ! Ritchie ! Zomba, Whyte ! (Jazalaud ; Mel- 

 Bcttcr, at tiOOO ft., Sclaler \ Mahon\ Suyynntrlu/i, 10G3 ! Chimaniniani, 

 5000-8000 ft., Swynnertouy 1964 ! 



2. JUNIPERUS, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Tl. iii. 427. 



Dioecious or more rarely monoecious. Male cones ternnual or 

 axillary, solitary, rarely in small clusters, sessile or borne on short 

 imbricately bracteate peduncles ; scales spirally arranged or opposite 

 or in whorls of 3, at length more or less looae, roundifih-ovate to 



