314: ORDER 127. CONIFER M. 



I A. MENZIESII. Tree 50 70f in Oregon ; Ivs. f , silvery -glaucous ; cones 34', many 



8 A. BRACTEATA. Tree lOOf in California; leaves 2 3', silvery -glaucous beneath ; conce 



4', bracts 3-lobed, middle lobe much exceeding the scale, and recurved. 



9 A. PECTINATA. Tree from Europe, 80f; leaves 9", obtuse, glaucous beneath ; conea 



4 V, brown when ripe, bracts fringed, the cuspidate point spreading. 

 0. CEPHALONICA, from Greece, bracts linear-oblong, toothed, reflexed. 

 y. NORDMANNIA, from Crimea, bracts with an entire recurved point. 



10 A. Fraseri Ph. Double Balsam F. Tree small (15 30f); bark smooth, blistered 

 as in the next ; leaves 8 10", seeming 3-veined beneath ; cones 1 2', oblong ; bracts 

 denticulate, long-pointed, reflexed. White Mountains ! and Alleghanies. 



II A. balsa me a Marsh. Balsam F. Tree 30 50f, with smooth bark filled with 

 blisters (reservoirs) of balsam ; leaves 8 10", obtuse, silvery beneath ; cones cylindri- 

 cal, 34' x 1', bracts concealed or slightly exserted. Damp woods. Cultivated. 



12 A. SIBIRICA (or Pichta). Small tree from Asia ; leaves 1'; cones ovoid-conic, 3 4'. 



13 A. GRANDIS. Tree 200f in Oreg. ; Ivs. 1' 18", bifid, silvery beneath ; cones oblong, 4'. 



3. CEDRUS, Link. $ Am. solitary, terminal. $ Cones persistent two 

 or three years ; scales persistent, close-pressed ; bracts concealed adnate to 

 the scales. 5 Leaves sessile, fascicled as in Larix, rigid, evergreen. 



1 C. LIBANI. Cedar of Lebanon. Tree with wide-spread branches ; leaves 915", dark 



green, acute ; cones oval, obtuse, brown, 3x2', scales very many. 



2 C. DE6DARA. Huge tree in the Himalayas ; Ivs. 12', light glaucous ; cones ovoid, 4'. 



4. LARIX, Toum. LARCH. TAMARACK. $ Anthers 2-celled, cells open- 

 ing lengthwise, with simple pollen grains. $ Cones erect, oval or round- 

 ish, scales colored, persistent. Seeds with a proper wing. ^) Leaves 

 deciduous, acerous, soft, scattered, and in axillary, many-leaved fascicles. 



1 Li. Americana MX. A splendid tree 70 lOOf, with straight axis and horizontal 



branches ; leaves filiform, very slender, 12', in bunches of 1220 ; cones deep pur- 

 ple, 6 10", scales few, with inflexed edges. Woods northward. Common in cult. 

 0. ptndula. Brauchlets slender and drooping. Exquisitely beautiful. 



2 Ij EUBOP^IA. Large tree ; Ivs. flattened, linear-spatulate ; cones 1 1$' long. 



5. JUNIPERUS, L. JUNIPER. Fls. $ $ , arnents very small, roundish. 

 $ Scales peltate, each with 4 7 anther-cells beneath. $ Scales few, united 



at base, 1-2-ovuled, forming a sort of berry in fruit. Cotyledons 2. 55 

 Leaves subulate or scale-like, pungent, opposite or whorled. 



Lvs. scale-form, opp., 4-rowed, and subulate in 3's, not jointed, nerveless. . .Nos. 13 

 Lvs. all subulate and in 3's, divaricate, jointed to the stem, 1-nerved Nos. 4 7 



1 J. Virgiiiiana L. Red Cedar. Tree of middle size, dark green ; early Ivs. very 



slender. 3 4", little divergent, in 3's, later ones 1 2", ecale-form, 4-rowed, opposite, 

 appressed ; cones or berries small, blue-white, on short branchlets. Rocky soils. 



2 J. sub ina, ft. procumbent Ph. Shrub trailing ; Ivs. opposite, obtuse, a gland in 



the middle, imbricated in 4 rows ; fruit larger (3"), nodding, dark purple. Rocks, N. 



3 J. Bermudiana L. Late branchlets very slender, covered with scale-form pun- 



gent Ivs. in 4 rows, divergent, 1" ; fr. brown, no bloom, 2", subsessile. Fla. 15 20f. 



4 J. <*o in in ii ii is L. Common J. (Fig. 353.) Tree or shrub ; leaves in 3's, crowded, 



pungent-acuminate, 6-8", fruit small (2"), subsessile, dark-purple, sweetish. Woods. 

 /3. filptna. Shrub trailing; leaves more crowded, less spreading, curved. N. 

 y. OBLONGA. Branchlets drooping ; leaves lance-linear, glaucous ; fruit clustered. 



5 J. RIGIDA. Weeping J. Branchlets drooping; Ivs. channelled on the upper side. Japan. 



6 J. OXYCEDRUS. Shrub 10-12f, from Enr., is known by its red-brown berries 3-4" long. 



7 J. DRUPACEA. Shrub from Syria, 8 12f, with berries dark-purple, as large as a plum 



