418 WIDDEINGTONI A . 



erect, huddled together at the points, terminated by a 

 little conical point, sharply keeled on the inner face, and en- 

 closing two seeds. 



A bush, from four to ten feet high, found in the southern 

 parts of the Cape of Good Hope, at elevations of from 1000 

 to 3000 feet, and called Saprehout by the Dutch settlers. 



It is quite tender. 



No. 3. WiDDEiNGTONiA JUNIPEEOIDES, Endlicker. 



Syn. Cupressus juniperoides, Linnceus. 

 „ „ Africana, Miller: 



„ Juniperus Capensis, Lamarck. 



Taxodium juniperoides, Hort. 

 „ „ Capense, Hort. 



„ Schubertia Capensis, Schrader. 

 „ Pachylepis juniperoides, Brongniart. 

 „ Calhtris arborea, Schrader. 



Parohnia juniperoides, Endlicker. 



Leaves without any foot-stalks, but adhering at the base, and 

 running down the stem, leathery, and glaucous-green, the 

 younger ones mostly linear, or needle-shaped, smooth, sharp- 

 pointed, and sHghtly three-nerved, spreading, slightly curved, 

 opposite, or in whorls of three, and from three-quarters to an inch 

 long, and three-quarters of a line broad at the base ; the adult 

 ones are scattered ; those on the branchlets are sometimes ovate- 

 lanceolate, or rhomboid-obtuse, or sharp-pointed, terminating 

 in a small bristle-point, or erect and loosely imbricated, with a 

 slightly sunken gland on the back. Branches spreading, and 

 pointing upwards at, the ends. Branchlets erect, or sometimes 

 spreading, angular, frequently very short, and covered with 

 needle-shaped leaves. Male flowers oblong-cylindrical and 

 terminal. Cones on the laterals, in clusters of three or four 

 together, rounded, and slightly depressed. Valves oval, woody, 

 reddish brown, shining, and closing upwards to the top, level 

 on the interior face, and with two seeds under each. 



