CYPRESS-PINES OR SANDARAC-TREES. 39 
to New Caledonia. The variability of the cotyledons, two or 
three, in this genus is very remarkable. 
Coniferee are 
among Dicotyle- 
donee the lowest 
in development, 
so far as floral 
organization 1s 
concerned. The 
anther-cells are 
simply inserted 
on a scale, nor 
are the singular 
stamens sur- 
rounded by any 
calyx. Neither 
have the pistils of 
the always uni- 
sexual flowers 
any calycine en- 
velope, while also 
style and stigma 
are not fully de- 
veloped as in any 
other orders of 
Dicotyledonese 
as well as Mono- 
cotyledonez, ex- 
cept the allied 
but palm-leaved 
Cycadez. The 
name of the 
order was derived 
from the conical 
shape of the 
fruits of many 
true Pines, 
Fie. XVII. 
Fic. XVII.—(Frenela verrucosa).—1, scale with anthers 
much enlarged; 2, pollen-grains magnified three hundred 
times diametrically ; 3, fruitlets ; 4, longitudinal section of 
fruitlet ; 5,embryo; unnumbered, a longitudinal section of 
a fruit. 
