CLASSIFICATION OF TREES AND SHRUBS ACCORDING 

 TO THEIR SEEDLINGS 



I. EMBRYO AND SEEDLING WITH 510 (RARELY [For (H) 

 MORE OR FEWER) COTYLEDONS; THE LATTER see P- 275 ^ 

 NARROW ACICULAR, LINEAR OR SUBULATE. 

 GERMINATION EPIGEAL. POLYCOTYLEDONOUS 

 CONIFERJE. 



A. COTYLEDONS ENTIRE. [For (B) 



(1) Primary leaves also entire. [For (2) 



(a) Primary leaves equal in number to the cotyledons see P- 2 72.J 

 and alternating with them. 



Fig. 137. Abies pectinata, 

 Silver Fir, T 7 ^ (E.D.). 



Fig. 138. Larix europcea, 

 Larch, | (E.D.). 



Abies pectinata, L. Silver Fir (Fig. 137). 



(b) Primary leaves not regularly alternating, 

 (i) Epicotyl glabrous. 



