^Q4 GONiFER^ Abks. 



ereclis oblongo-cylindraceis obtusis intense purpiireo-violaceis, squa- 

 rnis unguiculatis late cuneatis transverse latioribus margine ad 

 utrunique latus in liamum oblusum recurvum abeunte, braclea a basi 

 lineari dilatala fere orbiculari denliculala breviter mucronaia inclusa, 

 alii late obovata truncala semini subtequiionga 5. Abies spectabilis 

 Spacb. 



Hab. in sylvis distnctuum Kuram et Hariab Affglianiffi orientalis alt.8000'- 

 11000' (Aitch !). 



Arbor-80-lOO-pedalis, folia 2 poUices ct amplius longa colore niveo faciei 

 inferioris elegantia, strobili C-7 pollices longi, squamai pollicem latai. 



Ar. Geogr. Regio Himalaica omnis. 



Tr. II. GUPRESSINEiE. 



Flores monoici vel dioici. Amenla niascula squamis decussatim 

 oppositis vel ternntim verticiliatis conslantia. Antherie 3-5 rarius 

 binffi subglobosae. Strobili feminei squama^ 4-12 decussatim oppositcE 

 ternatim verticiliata^persistentes vel liberse aut basi connatae, fructi- 

 ferifi peltatce coriaceae, vel carnosce inter se coalitse. Ovula erecla. Folia 

 opposita. 



BIOTA (Endl. Conif. p. 46. — Thuyce sp. L.). 



Florcs in diversis ramis monoici, Amenta mascula subglobosa squa- 

 mis decussalis quadrifariam imbricatis subpeltatis subtus 3-4 antlie- 

 ras uniloculares gerentibus. Amenta feminea squamis 6-8 dccussatim 

 oppositis constanlia infima et suprema stepe sterilia. Slrobilus anno 

 secundo maturescens squamis sublignosis infra apicem mucronatis 

 demum palulis. Semina ad basiu squamarum majorum bina collate- 

 ralia vel abortu solitaria erecta ovato-oblonga subangulata aptera. — 

 Arbor sempervirens facie Thuyce vel Cupressi. 



1 B. Orientalis (L. Sp. 1422 sub T/iuycl) arborea, coma sub- 

 conica, ramis inferioribus subverticillatis superioribus sparsis erecto- 

 patulis assurgentibus, ramulis distichis compressis, foliis minimis 

 squanucformibus decussatim imbricalis facialibus planis obovato- 

 rbombeis obtusis dorso glandula lineari notatis, marginalibus subna- 

 vicularibus ovalo-oblongis obtusis, strobilis erectis obovato-globosis 

 fusco-violaceis glaucis Q. B. Orientalis Eiidl. loc. cit. — Rich. Conif. 

 tab. 7, fig. 2. — Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. tab. 118. 



Hab. in Persia boreali orienlali ad Asteral^ad et in vallo Ketul (spontanea 

 Buhse!), prope Slaret et Sebsewar prov. Khorassan (spontanea quoque Bge!) 

 Persis SRoar audit. 



Ar. Geogr. Ghina, .laponia. 



