a 1 3 , CONirER^ 



Oruo clix. 



C O N I F E R ^ 



(Jiiss: gen: p. 4i'- excl: Casuarina =. J, S. Hill: 

 fam: II. p. 325. t. ii2. = Bartl: ord: nat: p. 92.). 



Char: essentialis. 



•» Flores ia racliide cotnmuni aggregati rarissime 

 » solitarii, monoici amentis i-sexualibus, vel dioici. 

 )) Masc: Anienta squamata vel nuda. Stam: determi- 

 )) nata aut indeterminata , antheris adnatis in squa- 

 )) mis sessilibus vel filamentis ssepius monadelphis 

 » sufFultis. Perigon: sapius o. Foem: in rcceptaculis 

 )) partialibus receptaculo communi (strobilus, conus 

 )) Auctor:) spicatim adnatis , rarius solitarii vel ca- 

 )) pitati. Receptacula partialia (^squamula , cal: quo- 

 » rund:) saepius bracteola sufFulta demum b'gnosa vel 

 » carnosa. Perigon: quando adest , vel ejus loco squa- 

 » mula ovarium includens persistens indurascens apice 

 » foratum. Ovar: i-locularia i-ovulata. Stjl: i. Fru- 

 » ctus (carjopsis) perigonio inclusus et seepius squa- 

 » mula obtectus. Alhum: carnosum. Emhr: rectus 

 » axilis vel inversus (in Cjcadeis) cotyledonibus in- 

 » tegris vel in germinatione profunde radiatim par- 

 » titis, unde plantse istse poljcotjledonece male ap- 

 » pellatas. » 



Ohs: Ordo fructificatioue et liabitu satis naturalis 

 et transitum faciens ad Endogcnas ope Cjcadearum, 



