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 SPERMATOPHYTA (conto) 



GYMNOSPERMAE 



PINACEAE 



Pinus contorta, varo Murrayanaj Sierra Nevada (Stanford) 



(some ot-carotene) 



Pinus Sabiniana, Digger Pine, California (Stanford) (some 

 CX-caroten«) 



Cedrus Deodora, Deodar Cedar, Himalayas (Stanford) (some 

 ~ Ol-carotene) (male and female cones yielded 

 the same pigments as the leaves) 



Cedrus atlantica , Atlantic Cedar, North Africa (Stanford) 



(some O^=caroteno) 



TAXACEAE 



Taxus baocata , English Yew, Europe, North Africa, Central 

 Asia (Stanford) (some o<-carotene) 



Torreya calif o mica, California (Palo Alto) (some o(-oarotene) 



TAXODIACEAE 



Cryptomeria japonioa , (tree), Japan (Berkeley) (some Ol-c&ro- 



~ tene) 



Cryptomeria japonioa , varo elegans , Japan (Stanford) (trace 



~ C-carotene) (red winter 

 foliage yielded much 

 rhodoxanthin) 



Metasequoia glyptostroboides y China (Berkeley) (much o(-oaro= 



tene) 



Sequoia sempervirens, Coastal Redwood, Coastal California 

 ~~ (Stanford) (some 0(-carotene) 



Sequoiadendron giganteum (Sequoia gigantea) . Big Tree, Sierra 



~ ~~ ~" Nevada (Stanford) 



(some oWcarotene) 



