206 POLYGAM1A MONOECIA. [CI. 23. 



DIOECIA MONADELPHIA. 



460. JUNlPERUS. Juniper. 



1. J. communis, 16. 1100. (Common J.) Leaves three in each whorl, 



tipped with a spine, spreading, longer than the ripe fruit. 

 Hills and moist woods. T? . 5. An erect, bushy, stnooth shrub. 



2. J. nana, Suppl. 2743. (Dwarf J.) Leaves three in each whorl, 



tipped with a spine, somewhat imbricated, curved, the length of 

 the oval ripe fruit. 

 Mount. T? . 5. A dwarf shrub, with prostrate stems. Berr. larger. 

 — Var. of J. communis. 



461. TAXUS. Yew. 

 1. T.baccdta, 11.746, (Common Yew.) Leaves two-ranked, crowded, 

 linear, flat. Receptacle of the barren flowers globular. 

 Mount, woods. Tj . 3, 4. Tree. Trunk straight, variously channelled. 

 Branches horizontal. In (b,from Ireland, the branches are up- 

 right, and the leaves larger and scattered. A distinct species f 



Class XXIII. POLYGAMIA. Stamens 

 and Pistils united in the same flower, be- 

 sides others in separate flowers, having a 

 different structure in their accessary parts, 

 on the same or different plants. 



Order I. MONOECIA. Flowers different on the 

 same plant. 



462. ATRIPLEX. United ji. Cal. inferior, in 5 deep segments. 

 Cor. 0. Stam. 5. Style deeply cloven. Seed 1, depressed. 

 Fert. Fl. Cal. inferior, in 2 deep segments. Cor. 0. Style deeply 

 cloven. Seed 1, compressed. — N.O. Chenopode^e. 



POLYGAMIA MONOECIA. 



462. ATRIPLEX. Orache. 



[Herbaceous or shrubby, branched, mostly upright. L. simple, 

 without stipulas. Stam. opposite to the calyx-segm. 



1. A. portulacoides, 4. 261. (Shrubby O., Sea Purslane.) Leaves 

 opposite, obovate-lanceolate, entire ; tapering at the base. 

 Flowers generally completely separated. 



