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CONIFER‘. 
CUPRESSINE. 
with a thin glaucous bloom. When quite ripe, Juniperus 
their colour becomes a deep brown, and the thin 122 
powder which gives the glaucous colouring nearly 
disappears. They retain more distinctly than the 
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‘berries ” of the common Junipers, the traces of 
the structure of the conve from which they are 
derived; the lines marking the margins of the 
scales which compose the cone, are distinguishable 
Even im the nearly ripe fruit;; and the. little 
prominent points, corresponding to those on the 
scales of all the Cypresses, remain distinct even to 
the last. 
TAXINEA. 
Taxacea—Lindley. 
Taxus baccata—Loudon, v. 4. 
None of the Yews at Barton are at all remark- Taxus 
able in any way. The largest I can find (one of ies 
those in the Vicarage Grove) measures no more 
than five feet ten inches round, at three feet from 
the ground. 
The Yew is unquestionably indigenous to 
Britain, and abounds especially in the limestone 
districts. It is remarkably plentiful on the banks 
of the Wye, about Chepstow and Tinterné¢, and is 
strikingly conspicuous in that beautiful scenery, 
particularly in autumn, when its black green is 
strongly contrasted with the rich colouring of the 
other trees. It grows in the most inaccessible 
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