Cupressus. conifer.e 705 



CllPRESSlJS (Tourn. Insl. p. 3:i8). 



Flores in ramis diversis monoici. Amenta masciila oblonga vcl 

 oblongo-cylindracea squamis deciissatis quadrifariam imbricatis 

 subpeltatis sub stipite slaminiferis conslantia, antherje 3-4 sessiles 

 uniloculares. Amenti feminei squamce G-13demum sublignosroexcen- 

 trice peltatae dorso mucronatfe libera^ superiores steriles. Stroi)ilus 

 anno secundo maturcscens squamis suborbicularibus angulalis unibo- 

 iiatis margine inter se contiguis arcle clausus demum dehiscens. 

 Nucuhe plurimfc pluriseriata) ovoidea3 vel ol)longfe ossea} in ahim 

 sajpe expansfe. — Arbores vel frutices sempervirentes facie Biotfe 

 vel SabincB. 



\. G. sempervirens (L. Sp. p. 142i2) arborea, coma conico- 

 pyramidali vel effusa, ramis confertis, ramulis palulis subdistichis 

 compresso-telragonis. foliis squania?formibus decussatim oj)positis 

 arcte imbricatis adpressis ovalis oblusis dorso convexis et impresso- 

 glandulosis, amentis masculis oblongo-cylindraceis, femineis globo- 

 sis demum horizontalibus vel detlexis, strobilis magnis su])pendulis 

 ovatiscinereo-plumbeis, squamis8-14 apice suborbiculatis umbonatis 

 muticis,nuculis sub quavis squama pluribus oblongis angusle alatis^. 

 Ic. Rchb Germ. iig. 1140. — C. pyramidalis Targ. — C. horizoji- 

 talis Mill. Dict. No^-2. 



Ilab. utraque varietas in regione inontana (varietas pi/ramulalis s;epius 

 cult.) Creta in niontibus Spliacioticis ubi regioneiu sylvaticani constiluit 

 2-'ib00' (Heldr! Raul !), Cypri moutes (Sint. et lUtfo !) insula Melos (Annenis !). 

 Rliodus (Bourg !), Cilicia iucollibus xMersiua (Hal!). Syria Ijor. sujira 13eilan 

 (Haussk !), Liljanus regio niedia 35U0-5UO0' (Lab ! Boiss ! Gaill!j, Persia Ijo- 

 realis in montaais (IJulise !), Ibi Ssiirvi Kuhi audit 



Ubique culta et indeloci ubi spoutanea crescit s;epe incerti. Var. nmhilicata 

 Parlat. in D. C. Prodr. IG, p. 460 ost modificatio ludibunda umbone squa- 

 marum plus minus depresso. 



Ar. Geogr. Regio Himalaica (ex Roxb.). 



JLNIPERIJS (L. G. ^134). 



Flores dioici vel in ramis diversis monoici. Amenta mascula glo- 

 bosa vel ovata squamis decussatis vel ternatis laxiuscule imbricalis 

 suborbiculatis subtus antheras 3-G sessiles globosas uniloculares 

 ferentibus. Amcnta fetninea bracteis paucis adpressis sterilibus basi 

 suffulta. SquamiC 4-(j decussalim oppositai vel ternatim vcrticillahe 

 inter se coalitai carnosa), superiores ovula lagenajformia solitaria 

 erecta foventes. Galbulus carnosus indebiscens sciuamarum margine 

 vel apice inlerdum subprominentibus coslatus apicc areola depressa 

 triangulari instructus. Semina 1-3 raro 4-8 erecta angulaia aptcra 

 dislincta vel rarius inter se coalila ossea. 



