THE PLOBA OP UVEEPOOL. 



5. CARPINUS. Linn. Homheam, M<yiuxc, Polyand. L. 

 1. C. Bbtulus. L. (Common H.) April. >? 



Woods, but not very frequent. 



C " Barren flowers in catkins. Fruit in cones, or 

 the seed surrounded by a fleshy involucre. Ovules 

 and seeds not contained vnthin a closed pericarp. 

 Style and Stigma 0." (Ord. Ixxvi.) 



Ord. LXXVI. Conifers. Juss. 

 The Cone-hearing Family. 



SUB-ORD. I. 

 ** Ovules inverted ; foramen inferior. Pollen-grains oval, with darkly granu- 

 lar extremities and an intermediate transparent band ; outer coat 

 not ruptured readily by moisture." Abietine^. Br. (Qen. 1.) 



1. PENUS. Linu. Fir. Mmoec. Monadelph. L. 

 J. P. SYLVBSTBJS. L. (Scotch Fir.) April, May. T^ 



Woods, hedges, &c., but probably introduced. 



SUB-ORD. II. 



" Ovules erect ; foramen superior. Pollen- grains globose; the outer coat 



easily ruptured by moisture, and cast off." Cupressine^. (Qen. 2.) 



2. TAXUS. Linn. Ym. Dicec. Monadelph. L. 

 1. T. BACCATA. L. (Common Y.) March. Tp 



Near old mansions and in church yards, occasionally, but 

 planted. 



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