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coriaceæ, nitidæ. Squamæ superiores (id est interiores) ovuliferæ 1-3 (in 
gemmis observatis) oblongæ, dorso convexæ, intus concavæ, apice inflexæ, 
basi paulo dilatata incrassatæ, ovulum orthotropum oblique erectum, squa- 
mula arilliformi cucullata, carnosa, margine undulata vel lobulata, apice et 
intus plus minus aperta fere totum involutum foventes. 
Gemma seminifera (ex uno specimine) obovata, squamis applicatis, arcte 
inibricatis, purpurascentibus ; semina2, paulo prominentia, ovoidea, facie una 
plana altéra convexa, apice micropyle paululum producta superata, basicupula 
brevi intus fissa, exsiccata fusca cincta, squama axillante incurva stipata et 
eamdem paulo superantia; testa coriacea nitida, tegmine membranaceo, albu¬ 
mine carnoso; embryone centrali cotyledonibus brevibus applicatis, radicula 
incrassata basi attenuata. 
Habitat in locis aridis, nudis, ferrugineis montis dicti mont Dore (Faucher, 
1865-1866) et in montibus prope Kanala (Vieillard, n° 1277). 
2. Daci’jdium iaxoides. 
Arbuscula conica, trimetralis, ramis subvertici 11 atis (ex clar. Pancher), 
novellis ramulis purpurascentibus ; foliis altérais, oblongis, versus apicem ba- 
simque attenuatis, subfalcatis, nervo medio principali infra supraque notatis, 
planis, rigidis, glabris, nitidis, junioribus augustioribus purpureis. 
Amenta staminigera solitaria, vel 3-5 in racemum compositum approxirnata, 
axillaria vel terminalia, subsessilia vel ramulos brèves bracteis minimis, im- 
bricalis, ovatis lanceolatisque onustos superantia ; stamina sessilia, plurifariam 
imbricata, antheris bilocularibus connectivo superne in appendicem squami- 
formem triangularem expanso. 
Ramuli ovuliferi terminales, incurvato-reflexi, parte inferiore sat graciles, 
bracteis imbricatis ovatis acutis decurrentibus stipati, parte superiore bracteis 
majoribus lanceolatis subulatis, ad maturitatis tempus basi decurrente crasses- 
centibus subcarnosis onusti ; bractea ultima sola ovulifera. Ovulum orthotro- 
pum inversum, micropyle oblique inferiore paulo supra basim liberam obli— 
quamque bracteæ insertum, squamula carnosa cucullata superne in acumen 
conicum expansa, integumentum ovuli anatropi simulante, involutum. Semen 
propter ovuli evolutionem tandem suberectum, ovoideum, compressum, 
lateraliter paulo carinatum, inferne inflatum, versus apicem sensim attenuatum, 
siccum, nilidum, cupula minima, exsiccata, semi-circulari, in appendicem 
conicam brevem expansa basi tantum breviter involucratum, in latere supe¬ 
riore libero basis bracteæ incrassatæ paulo concavo et expanso affixum. 
Habitat in silvis montium prope Balade (Vieillard, n° 1259; Deplanche, 
n° 1860); ad ripas parvi paludis in cacumine montis Cougui dicti (Pancher, 
1866). 
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