WIDDEINGTONIA. 417 



All evergreen bushes or small trees, found at the Cape of 

 Good Hope and Madagascar. 



No. 1. WiDDRiNGTONiA CoMMERSONix, EndUcher. 



Syn. Thuja quadrangularis, Ventenat. 

 „ Pachylepis Commersonii, Brongniart. 



Leaves very short, acute, and distant on the branches, obtuse, 

 closely set together, and disposed in four rows on the branch- 

 lets. Branches numerous, spread out, and close together along 

 the stem. Branchlets slender, numerous, and rather pendent. 

 Cones globular, almost the size of a walnut, and quite smooth. 

 Valves very thick, without any points, but rounded in the 

 centre, slightly swelling towards the summit on the outer side, 

 keeled on the inner one, and huddled together at the points. 



A species of which little is known beyond its being found in 

 Madagascar, and was formerly in the Botanic Garden of the 

 Mauritius, but not yet introduced into England, and, no doubt, 

 very tender. 



No. 2. WiDDEiNGTONiA CUPEESSOIDES, Endlicher. 



Syn. Thuja cupressoides, Linnceus. 

 „ aphylla, Burmcmn. 

 Callitris Capensis, Schrader. 

 „ stricta, Schrader. 

 „ cupressoides, Schrader. 

 Pachylepis cupressoides, Brongniart. 

 Widdringtonia glauca, Oarri^re. 



Leaves on the branches, acute, somewhat spreading at the 

 points; those ofl the branchlets, four-rowed, much shorter, 

 and ' imbrica£edi^ ' Branches elongated, erect, and pyramidal. 

 Branchlets slender, bent downwards, or ' pendent at the ends, 

 and covered with leaves. Cones ovate-obtuse, from nine to 

 ten lines long, and much larger than those of Widdring- 

 tonia juniperoides. Valves woody, slightly convex, pointed. 



