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IV: ATHROTAXEÆ. 
14. Athrotaxis G: Don: — Flores monœci; masculi ad stamina 
redueti in columnam subsphæricam v. oblongam spiraliter conferti; 
filamentis tenuibus ; antheræ loculis 2-6, ab apice filamenti descen- 
dentibus ; connectivo in appendicem incurvam ovatam, basi truncatam 
v. leviter peltatam, producto. Amenta fœminea ovoidea v. oblonga ; 
bracteis cum squama axillari adnata arcte confertis, spiraliter imbri- 
catis, basi in stipitem crassiusculam contractis, dorso obtuse carinatis ; 
carina nune in acumen producta. Flores fœminei sæpius 3-6, plus 
minus alte affixi, plus minus oblique reversi; germine apice pervio; 
ovulo basilari reverso. Strobilus induratus, subsphæricus, ovoideus 
v. breviter oblongus; squamis (duplicibus) apice dilatato umbonato 
v. breviter nuncve longius mucronato, fructus siccos sæpius 3-6 
reversos compressos v. anguste alatos gerentibus. Semen albumino- 
sum; embryone axili, 2-6-cotyledoneo. — Arbores sempervirentes, 
nune giganteæ; foliis alternis, brevibus v. sublanceolatis, nunc 
distiche patentibus; amentis masculis ad apicem ramulorum termi- 
nalibus v. ad folia suprema axillaribus ; fæmineis autem terminalibus. 
(Tasmania, California.) — Vid. p.10. 
15. Belis SazisB.! — Flores monœæci; masculis (staminibus) in 
columna cylindracea laxis ; filamentis tenuibus; antheris subspiralibus, 
œ-seriatis; connectivi appendice squamiformi ovata, haud v. vix 
peltata incurva; loculis 2-4, ab ima appendice descendentibus, 
deorsum 2-valvibus. Amenta fœminea subglobosa; squamis subsim- 
plicibus latissime ovatis mucronatis, basi contractis, spiraliter 
imbricatis, infra medium leviter incrassatis ibique linea transversa 
lobata prominula notatis. Flores fæminei 3, ibi inserta reversa; stylo 
brevi; ovulo basilari atropo. Strobilus post anthesin auctus; bracteis , 
laxe imbricatis, persistentibus, parum induratis, margine tenuibus, 
apice squarroso-patentibus. Samaræ reversæ oblongæ crustaceæ, ala 
angusta Cinctæ; seminis albuminosi embryone 2-cotyledoneo. — 
Arbor sempervirens dense foliata; ramis superioribus suboppositis ; 
1. In Trans. Linn. Sec., VII (1807), 315.—  — Dicxs., in Edinb. N. Phil. Journ., ser. 2, 
Cunninghamia R. BR., in Rich. Conif., 149,  XIH,19.—B. H., Gen., 435,n. 22.— Eicur.., loc. 
t. 18.— Pancar., in UC. Prodr., XVI, H,432.  cit., 85, fig. 42. — Raxopilys NELs, Pin., 97. 
