Juniperus.] cxxix. pinaceje (Stapf). 387 



bases fusing early, the fused and llesliy portions bliiisL-priiinose, 

 the free tips subcoiiaceous to menibiaiious, spreadinji or suberect, 

 soon turning brown ; only the intermediate scales fertile, with 2 or 

 1 ovule in front of them. Ovules ovoid with their wide micropylea 

 exserted from the scale-bases. Galbules globose, mostly 2^-3, 

 more rarely 3J lin. in diam., often irregular wlion immature owing to 

 the unequally growing and thickening scale-tips which project as 

 bosses, finally almost smooth, dark reddish- or purplish-))rown 

 with an often copious bluish bloom. 8eeds usually 2-3, rarelv 4 

 or 1, free, more or less separated by false septa, ovoid-oblong, acute, 

 obtusely and often obscurely angular, about 2 lin. long, smooth. — 

 Endl. Conif. 26 ; Carr. Trait. Conif. ed. i. 42 ; Pari, in DC. JVodr. 

 xvi. ii. 485 ; C. Koch, Dendrol. ii. ii. 131 ; Hook. f. in Nature, xxx. 

 (1884), 635 ; Hook. f. & Oliver in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxi. (1885). 394, 

 395, 404; Martelli, Florul. Bogos. 79; Schweinf. Piante utili 

 Eritr. 42 ; in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. App. ii. 6 ; in Hohnel Discov. 

 Lake Rudolf & Stefanie, ii. 354 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfi. Trop. Afr. 

 110 ; Glied. Veg. Usambara, 68, 69 ; Pfl. Ost-Afr. A. 117, 118, 128, 

 129, and C. 93 ; Notizbl. Konigl. Bot. Gart. Berlin, i. 5, 239 ; Bot. 

 Jahrb. xxx. (1901), 266; Veget. Nyassa Gebirgsl. 16, 18; Veget. 

 Somaliland, 55; Veget. Harar und Gallahochl. 6, 9, 11, 16; Pflanzen- 

 welt Afr. ii. 89, with plate ; Gilg in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. B. 288, 411 ; 

 Volkens in Notizbl. Konigl. Bot. Gart. Berlin, i. 131, ii. 14; Kili- 

 mandscharo, 199, 211, 298, fig. on p. 200 ; Durand & Schinz, Consp. 

 Fl. Afr. V. 954 ; Sclater & AVhyte in Kew Bulletin, 1899, 197 : Emjl. 

 & Goetze, Veget. Ansicht. Deutsch.. Ostafr. 45, t. 55, 56 ; C. H. 

 Wright in Johnston, Uganda, i. 344 ; Pirotta, Fl. Col. Eritr. in Ann. 

 Istit. Bot. Roma, viii. 21 ; Hutchins, Rep. Forests on Kenia in Col. 

 Rep. Misc. no. 41 (1907), 15 ; Drake-Brockman, Brit. Somaliland, 

 294, plate (cedars) facing p. 230. J. excelsa. Roth in Harris, Highl. 

 Aeth. ii. (407); not of M.B. J. excelsa procera, Carr. Trait. Conif. 

 ed. ii. 37. J. abyssinica and J. Lasdeliana (or Lasdcniana), Hort. 

 ex C. Koch, Dendrol. ii. ii. 132. 



Nile Land. Eritrea: Habab ; Bagia, Uildebratidi. Mi-nsa ; (irlcb, JioCH^- 

 GGOO ft., Schweinfurth, 1481, 1525, 1593. Rova Ualicauc, ♦)5(K) ft.. Trrrocciuno 

 cO Pappi, <)51. Maldi, Beccari. Amasen ; Asmara, TtiOOft., Sc/nrrinfurlh, (»20 ; 

 7300-8000 ft., Terracciano (Sc Pappi, 130, 135, 2537. liogo.s, Trrnicciuuo «t- 

 Pnpjn, 2479. Ocule Cusai ; Saganciti, foiming almost fort-st.s, »)»i(X> 7200 ft., 

 Schweinf urth, 182 \ 832,1210! 1211 ! 1278; Puppi, 3751, 3S47 ; Hartolommti- 

 (Holi, m-, and other localities between ()300 and 8000 ft., P(ti<]>i, 132. 3!t25 ; 

 B(irtolommei-Gioli,{)(). Acerour, WOO it., Sc/iict iiijiirt/i. lliW Slu)lu) country, 

 Quartin Dillon db Petit \ Koha,iio, Schiveinfurth. Abyssinia : Agame. ^iV/n/ziyrr, 

 DID. Tigre ; Urahut, Schinijtrr, 501! .Sana; Jelajeranne, (^ttartin-Dillon tt 

 Petit. Semen; Mount Bachit above Intjatkab, Srfiiinpcr, 537! I^ilho, 

 Schimpcr, 532! Ghaba N'alley, Stcudner, 1335! Wojerat. 7V/i7 ! Shoa ; 

 Ankober, forming forests, liot/i ! Mount Seguela. south of Addis Abln-ba. up lu 

 9700 ft., ElUnbcck. Harar; mountains towards ]i<laua. from r»:{(M» ft. uj)«aid8. 

 Elknbcck ; Gallas Country ; Abunias and Abu-el-Ka.>s>ini mountains, from (kKKi 

 to 10,000 ft., Elknbcck. British .Somaliland : (.\>lis Range, from 5(.KK» ft. U|.uHrd.s, 

 Phillips! JJiakc-Brucktfuni, 513 1 574! Ahl Mountuiub above Maid./yiWc- 



