72 Illustrations of Conifers. 



TETRACLINIS ART1CULATA (Masters). 

 Callitris quadrivalvis (Ventenat). 



Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. Vol. XXX. p. 14 (1893). 



A small tree of pyramidal habit attaining a height of 30 feet. 

 Branches spreading with numerous flattened, jointed, conspicuously 

 striate, pale-green branchlets. Leaves decurrent on the branchlets, 

 arranged in four ranks, decussate ; small and scale-like at the 

 apex, which is free, triangular, appressed, acute or mucronate. 

 Cones quadrangular, about | inch long, consisting of four woody 

 scales in opposite pairs, heart-shaped, hollowed longitudinally on 

 their outer surface, convex on the inner surface. Seeds six, ovate 

 with two broad wings. 



Tetraclinis articulata is a native of Morocco and Algeria, where 

 it was discovered by Desfontaines. It was introduced into England 

 in 1815. 



The specimen illustrated was obtained from La Mortola, Italy. 



