A ?, I i: 1' I N E A ]•: Sfi 



iiectivnm atttlioras snpcrans, sqiiaiuacroniio, crcctiiiii iMllcxunn ('. An- 

 therac vcl tri-iimllilocnlarcs, lociilis cyliiulricis, c coiiiicclivo ])cn- 

 (liilis, jiixta longitii(liiicni (lciiisccnliliiis: vcl hilocularcs, lociilis ovato- 

 ohlongis, apposilis, conncclivo angusto direnilis, jnxta lon^itiKlincin 

 aiil Iraiisvcrse irregiilaritcnpie (lchisccntibus. ylmcnta focini)tca c 

 scpiamis ovuliCcris pliiriniis, axi utrohidcm inscrtis, iinbricatis, cbra- 

 cteatis aut bractca sqnamaeiornii, iibera vcl adnata, pcrsistcntc vel 

 (lcniiim oblitcrata, siiirultis. Ovula ad anticani squamarum basim so- 

 lilaria ant gcmina, laro pliira, inversa, apicc in colliim atlcnuata, 

 ambilii abcnntia in mcmbranam, anticam corumdem iacicm obdii- 

 centem, atqiie sursnni, persacpc, j)roductam in alain ipsi sipiaiiiac 

 ovuliferac baerentcm. SirobUus q si[ym\\ns seminiferis, imbricatis, li- 

 gncscentibiis aiit coriaceis, apicc atteniialis vel, apophysi, ampliatis, 

 persistentibiis aiii dccidnis. Scmiiia, ad squamarnm I>asim, solitaria 

 aut bina, raro pUira, inversa, inlegnmcnto incmbranaceo. coriaceo 

 aiit ligiico pracdita, singula, in propria areola aut foveola, vcl li- 

 bcrc pcndula, vcl, sacpius, eidem, juxla totam longitudincm, ad- 

 nata, mox libera, praetereaque a meinbrana circumamljicntc atquc 

 velanle sursum in alam plerumque producta, decidua vcl diutius 

 squaniae inbaerente, demum solnta. Embryones, in albumine car- 

 noso, pcracta foecundatione, complures, rndimentarii (R. Br. Embryon. 

 Conif. in Ann. sc. nat. {2." ser.) 20. p. 193. tab. 5.), in semine maturo 

 subsolilarii: cotyledones duae ad qnindecim, germinatione epigeae, 

 rarissime bypogeae: radicula cylindrica, verticem seminis spectans, 

 ratione squamac infcra. — Arbores excelsae, raro frutices. Folia 'sparsa 

 aiit fasciculata, plerumque pcrennantia. Amenta terminalia aut lateialia. 



CGCCW^III. PINUS 



Pinus LiNN. Gen. ed. SciiREn. n.° i.i56. Juss. Gen. p./fi/j. Endmch. Gen.n.° 1795. 

 Syn. Conif. p. 81. <>t Suppl. .\. (part. 2.) p. 5. Zuccarin. in E^dlich. Gcn. 

 Suppl. secund. p. ;.(3. (iAKRTN. Fr. lai). 91. Mei.sn. Gen. i. i). 35r;. et 2. p. 263. 

 Abies, Pinus ct Larix Tourn. lust. lab. 353. ad 35^. Abies et Pinus Lmck. 

 111. 1. tab. 785. 78(1. Pinus et Aljies Rk:h. Gomment. (1(- Conif. p. i45. if\-. 

 lal). II. ad 17. Pinii.s, Picca, Abies, Lari.v, Ccdrus Link in Linn. journ. 



