1 36 Coniferse — Orchidaceae. 



I,— TAX us, 



Tax'us bacca'ta 48). Common Yew. 3 — 4. Leaves linear rigid in two 



(1320) rows dark green, staminate catkins axillary \ in. yellow, pistillate cat- 

 kins minute with green scales, fruit bright red of one naked seed 

 enclosed in an open fleshy mucilaginous cup. [G. Tb. C. CI. 



IV—PINUS. 



Pi'nus sylvestris (12). Scotch Fir. 5 — 6. Leaves acicular rigid in pairs, 



(1321) staminate catkin with membranous scales, each scale bearing 2 anthers, 

 pistillate cone with woody scales each scale with 2 naked ovules at the 

 base. Mountains. [G. Tb. L. Wl. F. C. CI. 



III.— JUNIPER US. 



JUNIPE'RUS COMMU'NIS (73). Juniper. 5-6. Leaves linear 

 (1318) mucronate three in a whorl, staminate catkin globose, pistillate cone 



small globose of 5 — 6 scales in a whorl which become fleshy in fruit. 



Hillsides. 



Other Coniferse commonly foand in cultivation are Finns Pinaster (the 

 Cluster Pine), Abies Excelsa (the Spruce Fir), Abies Lat-ix (the Larch), 

 Abies Cedrus (the Cedar of Lebanon), Cupressus Sempei-virens (the Cypress), 

 Finns Austriaca, and Cedrus Deodara. 



ORDER 73. — Orchidaceae. 



Flowers solitary or in spikes or racemes. Perianth superior irregular of 

 6 coloured segments — 3 outer sepals and 3 inner petals of which the lower one 

 {the lip) is usually larger and often spurred. Stamen i, the anther adherent 

 to the pistil consisting of 2 lobes separating early, but joined below in a little 

 knob (the rostellum) projecting over the mouth of the spur above the 

 stigmatic surface, there being no style except the rostellum. Pollen in 2 or 

 more pear-shaped masses, each terminating below in a little stalk with a 

 sticky gland, the glands exposed or concealed in pouches. Ovary usually 

 long and twisted. Seeds very many and very small. Fig. p. 134. 



Leafless plants, Neottia I. 



Leafy plants, 524 



524 Lip spurred, 525 



524 Lip without a spur, 526 

 525 Pollen glands in a pouch, ...... Orchis 11. 



525 Pollen glands exposed, 527 



526 Anthers 2, lip slipper-shaped, . , . Cypripedium III. 



526 Anther i, 528 



527 Flowers white, . Habenana IV 



527 Flowers rose-coloured, ..... Gymnadenia V.. 



