354 FLORA OF TASMANIA. [Conif era. 
plurimse (8-20), imbricatae, supra ungiiem toro transverso (squama ovulifera v. ovario operto adnato) in- 
crassatse. Ovula in quavis squama 3-6, toro inserta, pendula, orthotropa, alata, apice emarginata, breviter 
tubulosa. Strob'dus subglobosus ; squamis subligneis, imbricatis. Semina in quavis squama 3-6 v. pau- 
ciora, ovata, compressa, hilo transverse lineari ; testa Crustacea, late al i icus, albumine 
parco immersus, cotyledonibus 2. — Arbores sempervirentes, erectm v. depresses ; ramis cylindrical foliis 
lis ; gemmis nudis. 
A small genus, confined to the mountains of Tasmania. — Stems erect or depressed, branched ; branches covered 
with imbricating, subulate or triangular leaves. Flowers monoecious. Male cones small, with many imbricating 
stamens, each formed of a slender stipes, expanding into a transverse, peltate disc, f'mm which the two anther-cells 
hang. Pollen spherical and depressed. Female cones terminal, nearly globose, of numerous (ten to twenty) imbri- 
cating scales, having a thickened, broad disc, from which three to six ovules hang ; the ovules are compressed, 
almost winged, notched at both ends, and point downwards and inwards towards the axis of the cone. Cone woody, 
globose. Scales spreading, each rhomboid, with three to six winged seeds. The main body of the scale is here a 
bract, and the broad disc on its face is the adnate, open ovary, or ovuliferous scale. (Name from a9pos, crowded, 
and Ta£is, order ; in allusion to the crowded scales of the cone.) 
1. Athrotaxis cupressoides (Don in Linn. Trans, xviii. 172. t. 13. f. 2) ; foliis arctissime im- 
bricatis late rhombeo-ovatis obtusis appressis obtuse carinatis, antherarum connectivo elliptico obtuso, stro- 
bili squamis 10-12, seminibus 3.— Root Ic. PI. 559 {excl. semina?) ; Nob. in Lond. Journ. Bot. iv. 149; 
Endl. fyn. Conif. 196. Cunninghamia cupressoides, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. ii. 9 in not. (Gumi, 365.) 
Hab. Lake St. Clair, Pine River, near Marlborough, and Western Mountains, Gunn, etc. — (Fl. Dec.) 
{v. v.) (Cultivated in England.) 
A conical tree, 20-45 feet high {Archer), with a trunk sometimes 15 feet in girth at 3^ feet above the ground. 
Branches ascending, with spreading, distichous branchlets, densely covered with closely imbricating leaves, obscurely 
quadrifarious ; the branches, together with the leaves, are about | inch diameter, and narrower than in either of 
the following species. Leaves minutely ciliated, rhomboid-ovate, blunt, bluntly keeled. Cones about as large as a 
hazel-nut, generally cernuous. Scales closely imbricating, with a short dorsal rostrum. Seeds quadrate or nearly 
orbicular, with thick, spongy wings. 
2. Athrotaxis selaginoides (Don in Liun. Trans, xviii. 172. t. 14); ramis robustis, foliis undi- 
que imbricatis laxiusculis incurvis subulato-lanceolatis acuminatis dorso convexis carinatis, antherarum con- 
nectivo elliptico acuto, strobilis ovato-globosis, squamis 20-24 abrupte acuminatis, seminibus 6.— Hook. 
Ic. PI. t. 574; Endl. Syn. Conif. 194. Cunninghamia selaginoide! , Steb et Zucc 77 Jap. ii. 9 in not. 
{Gunn, 3GS.) 
Hab. Falls of the Meander, aud other rivulets on the Western Mountains, Cumming's Head, etc., 
Gunn, Archer.— (Fl. Jan.) (Cultivated in England.) 
tree, attaining \ feet in height (Archer), with stout, much distiehously divided branches, covered with 
rather lax, incurved, subulate or lanceolate-subulate, acuminated leaves, which are imbricated all round, \ inch long 
in young specimens, broader and \ inch long in mature ones, convex and obscurely keeled at the back. Cones glo- 
bose, rather pointed, with about twenty to twenty-four scales, each with an acuminate point. Seeds with a broad, 
membranous wing. 
I have a solitary scrap of what is either this or a new species, collected on the Huon River, and sent by Mr. 
Backhouse; the leaves are much laxer and less numerous, but otherwise the same. 
3 Athrotaxis laxifolia (Hook. Ic. PI. t. 573) ; ramis tenuibus, foliis laxe imbricatis erecto-incurvis 
ovato-lanceolatis acutis dorso convexis carinatis, strobilis ovato-globosis, squamis sub-15 acuminatis, semi- 
