PINETUM DANICUM. 



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W. eupressoides, Endl. Cat. Hort. Vindob. i. 209 ; Syn. 

 Conif. 33 ; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 203 ; Knight, Syn. 

 Conif. 13 ; Carr. Man. des PI. vi. 317, and Tr. Gen. Conif. 66 ; Gord. 

 Pinet. 333. Thuya eupressoides, Linn. Mantis. 125 ; Thnnb. Fl. Cap. 

 (ed. Schult.) 500 ; Loud. Arbor, iv. 2460, f. 2316. Tliuya aphylla, 

 Burm. Prodr. 27. Callitris eupressoides, Sclirad. Mss. Herb. Dreg. ; 

 E. Mey. Pflanzengeogr. Dokum. 126, 170. Callitris strieta, Schrad. 

 Mss. Pachylepis eupressoides, Brongn. Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 1, xxx. 190. 



Habitat. — All the species, except W. Commersonil, Endl., which 

 inhabits Madagascar, live in South Africa. W. eupressoides is to be 

 found in the west of that land. It was introduced to Europe in 1756. 



The plant under my observation is perhaps wrongly 'named. It 

 seems as if various genera are in commerce under the name of 

 Widdringtonia. 



2. ACTINOSTROBUS, Miquel, Enumeratio, Plant. Preiss. i. 

 644 ; Endl. Syn. Conif. 39 ; Carr. Man. des PI. iv. 319, and Tr. 

 Gen. Conif. 77 ; Gord. Pinet. 20 ; Henk. and Hochst. Syn. der 

 Nadelh. 305 ; Carr. Tr. Gen. des Conif. ed. 2, 77. Actinostrobse 

 (partim), J. E. Nelson, Pinac. 58; Pari, in D. C. Prodr. xvi. 2, 444 ; 

 Eichler in Engl, and Prantl. Naturl. Pflf. ; Benth. Fl. Austr. vi. 239. 



Flowers monoecious (or male and female on the same plant, but on 

 diflferent branches), separate and terminal : the male catkins egg- 

 shaped, or somewhat globular, the female ones solitary and globular. 



Cones somewhat globular, solitary, and composed of six scales, 

 disposed in two vertical sets at the base, and woody. Valves or scales 

 convex on the back ; those at the base much the shortest, with the 

 interior ones much the largest. 



Seeds in twos, under each of the upper scales, three-edged, and 

 winged on each side. 



Cotyledons two. The young root grows a little overground. 



Leaves persistent, scale-like, very small, in whorls of three, stiff, 

 and acuminate. 



Name derived from uktis (ahtis), a ray, and arrpo^os (strohus), a 

 cone ; the scales radiated. 



Pyramidal bushes, found on the south-west coast of New Holland. 



It seems as if only one species is cultivated in Europe. It is 

 sometimes enumerated in the seed catalogues from France and other 

 southern countries, where it has fruited. Cultivated in conserva- 

 tories. 



A. pyramidalis, Miq. Enum. PI. Preiss. i. 644 ; Fl. Serr. 

 V. 5016 {cum ic.) ; Endl. Syn. Conif. 39; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. 

 Hort. Soc. V. 204 ; Carr. Man. des PI. iv. 319, and Tr. Gen. Conif. 

 78 ; Gord. Pinet. 20. 



Habitat. — New Holland, along the Swan River. Introduced to 

 Europe in 1838. Wintered in a frame. 



