TAXlNEA a I 5 



Ohs': Genus facie et habilu Ecjuiseti , se J florum 

 structura et prsesertim embryone dicotyledoneo dis- 

 tinctissimum , constans 6-y. stirpibus , quarum non- 

 nullse novissimae. Suffrutices 2. europsei ceteri exotici, 

 aphylli nodosi opposite aut vei'ticillatim ramosi, ar- 

 ticulis vagina 2 - lida instructis , amentis ex vagina 

 pedunculatis vel sessilibus solitariis aut sub-aggregatis. 

 ^ I. E. distachja ^ L. sp: 1472. = Spr: syst: III. 

 65. = Lam: ill: t. 83o. Ic: taur: vol. y. t. 38. (Eur: 

 austr: In agro Nicceens: All: n. i^^i* Sardin: in are- 

 nis maritimis litoris occidentalis Moris st: sard: I. p. 

 42.). Vaginse articulorum 2-dentatse, amenta pedun- 

 culata 2-3. opposita pedunculo longiora. 



2. E. fragilis — Desf: atl: II. p. 3^2. {Jlfr: bor:, 

 Creta. Sardin: in summo monte calcareo Oliena Mo- 

 Ris sl: sard: II. p. 9.). Ramuli stricti fragiliores quam 

 in prsecedenli, vaginse minimse ^-partilse, amenta ag- 



gregata sessilia. 



Trib: IL 



CuPREssiNEiE (Ordo propr: Ricb: 1. c. p. i3^. = 

 Bartl: ord: nat: p. gS. = Galhuliferce Kuntb). 



» Flores monoici vel dioici in strobilos parvos 



» fgalhidus GvERTn:) congesti. Masc: Galhuli simpli- 



» ces squamis peltatis. Antherce 4-io. squamis sub- 



» tus. adnatae. Foem: Galhuli simplices , bractcolis 



» cum squamis confluentibus. Srjuamce demum li- 



» gnosae 2 - vel multi - florae. Perigon: i - pliyllum 



» ( cupula Auctor: ) ovario adhserens. Stigm: sessile 



