FAMILIES OF KLOWKRING PLANTS 



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the preparation of a lioht varnish. The wood of this tree is of a 

 handsome mah()<^any cok:>r, and is extensively used in Morocco in the 

 construction of mosques and similiar buildings. The junipers have 

 cones in which the scales cohere into a fleshy ])erry, well known as 

 "juniper berries. " These are usually highly aromatic, and those of 

 the common juniper (-/. coinfiiunls) yield a volatile oil used in medicine 

 as a diuretic and stimulant; they are also employed in the manufacture 

 of gin. The wood of our common red cedar (-/. ]lr<jin!(iii(i) is almost 

 exclusively used in lead-pencil manufacture. 



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Fio. 9.— Leuves and staminate flowers of the stinking ce.6.a,r [Tumion 

 ta.i'tfoliiiiii). Also section of finiit: ihe whole reduced one-half. 





Taxaceae, the Ykw Family. This is a much smaller group 

 than the Pinaceae, consisting only of two tribes. The familv is dis- 

 tinguished chiefly by the fruit, which is not a perfect cone, the ovules 

 projecting beyond the scales or the latter wholly absent; the seed is 



