168 E. BARSALI 



hrunnea, glabra, dcatrlclbus insertione foUorum conspersa dein fusco-cinna- 

 momea in laminas irregulariter direpta: cona pyramidali. 



Bamis exacie siih-6 verticillatis, basi incrassatis, inferioribus hon- 

 sontalibus sitipendulisve, sìiperioribus patentibus, apice adscendentibus, foliis 

 per annos nirentibus tota longitudine ornatis; ramulis alternis distichis, 

 copiosis dense foliis vestitis. 



Folia ramidorum sterilium numerosissima 1,5-2 cm. longa, 1-2 mm. 

 lata, parva, rigida falcata longitudinaliter compressa vix quadrangula, 

 rectiuscula, mucronato-pungentia supra fusco-viridia, nitidula, secta trans- 

 versim figuram subrhomboideam ostendunt ; folia ramuloriim fertilium laxe 

 imbricata, incurva, lanceolata, acute-mucronata, dorso carinata et minus 

 compressa: omnia stomatibiis midtiseriatis conspersa. 



Flores masculi amentiformes, terminales in ramulis, cylindracei 2-3 

 cm. longi et 0,5-0,7 cm. lati, acutiusculi, basi foliis brevibus acutis invo- 

 liicrati ; stamina imbricata in apice ovata, margine vlx denticidato- fimbriato 

 microsparangia 10, 4-6 mm. longa, linearla. 



Strobili 8-10 cm, longi 6-7 cm. lati ovato-élUptìci, terminales, basi 

 foliis ovato-lanceolatis, rigidis ornati; squamae cimeatae basi angustatae 

 1-2 cm. longae, 1-5 mm. latae; utrinque convexae, vertice rliombeo-obcom- 

 presso, transverse medio leviter carinato, appendiculato ; appendicula mucro- 

 niforme 3-5 mm. longa lineari-lanceolata reflexa ; utrinque latera in alam 

 scariosam membranaccam fragilem, fulvam, jìroductae : ligida parva, lon- 

 gitudinaliter adnata apice libera, erecta mucronatida, margine ciliolatp 

 fimbriata. 



Embryo. . . 



Vulgo: Moreton Bay Bine Hort. Angl. 



Habitat in Australiae orientali in sinu Moreton ed ad fluvium prope 

 Brisbane nec tion in Nova Guinea in monte Arfah (Beccari). 



Exsiccata: Clarcace River in Nov. HoUand. orientali; Eastern subtropical Au- 

 stralia, leg. MooRE ; Rokhampton in Nov. HoUand. ; Brisbane River in Nov. 

 Holland. orient., 1856 ; et cult, in hort. Calcutten., Neapolit., Pisan. (H. C. 

 FI.); Jard. bot. e virens de Saharampore 1845, leg. Leman (H. B-B) ; New 

 Caledonia ex h. b. Sydney expedit. Novara ; prope Brisbaae river Au- 

 traliae, leg. Amalia Dietbick (Hfm. W.) ; Ost-Australien, Queensland, 

 n. 8235, leg. Diels, Reise im Auftrag der Humboldt-Sift. , n. 8224, 4 maj 

 1902; exempl. ex hort. bot. Calcutt. et Monacensis et ex herb. Kunth 

 (H. Ber.) ; Nova Guinea in Mont. Arfak (900-1200 m.) leg. E. Beccabi 

 (H. Beco.). 



