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micropyle paululum produeta superata, basi cupula brevi intus 
fissa, exsiccata, fusca cincta, squama axillante incurva stipata 
et eamdem paulo superantia; testa Coriacea nitida, tegmine 
membranaceo, albumine carnoso ; embryone centrali cotyledo- 
nibus brevibus applicatis, radicula incrassata basi attenuata. 
Habitat in locis aridis nudis, ferrugineis montis dicti mont Dore (Pan- 
cher, 1865-1856) et in montibus prope Kanala (Viaillard, n° 1277). 
9, DACRYDIUM TAXOIDES. 
Arbusculus conieus, trimetralis, ramis subverticillatis (ex clar. 
Pancher) novellis ramulis purpurascentibus ; foliis alternis, 
oblongis, versus apicem basimque attenuatis, subfalcatis, nervo 
medio principal infra supraque notalis, DES rigidis, glabris, 
nitidis, junioribus angustioribus purpureis. 
Amenta staminigera sohitaria, vel 3-5 in racemum composi- 
tum approximata, axillaria vel terminalia, subsessilia vel ramu- 
los breves bracteis minimis, imbricatis, ovatis lanceolatisque 
onustos superantia ; stamina sessilia, plurifariam imbricata, an- 
theris bilocularibus connectivo superne in appendicem squami- 
formem triangularem expanso. 
Ramuli ovuliferi terminales, incurvato-reflexi, parte inferiore 
sat graciles, bracteis imbricatis ovatis acutis decurrentibus sti- 
pati parte superiore bracteis majoribus lanceolatis subulatis, ad 
maturitatis tempus basi decurrente crassescentibus subearno - 
sis onusti; bractea ultima sola ovulifera. Ovulum orthotro- 
pum inversum, micropyle oblique inferiori paulo supra basim 
liberam obliquamque bracteæ imsertum, squamula carnosa 
cucullata superne 1n cacumen conicum expansa, integumen- 
tum ovuli anatropi simulante, involutum. Semen propter ovuli 
evolutionem tandem suberectum, ovoideum, compressum, la- 
teraliter paulo carinatum, inferne inflatum, versus apicem 
sensim attenuatum, siccum, nitidum, cupula minima, exsic- 
cata, semi-Cireulari, in appendicem conicum brevem expansa 
basi tantum breviter involucratum, in latere superiore libero 
basis bracteæ incrassatæ paulo concavo et expanso affixum. 
