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MANUAL OF BOTANY 



tion, we have the embryo, which is the young sporophyte 



iiself. 



Tlie Gymnosperms are subdivided as under : — 

 Order 1. CoNiFERyE or Pinace^, the Coniferous or Pine 

 Order. — Character. — Kesinous trees or evergreen shrubs, With. 

 branched continuous stems. Leaves hnear, acicular or lanceo- 

 late, parallel-veined, fascicled or imbricate alternate. Flowers 

 naked, monoecious or dioecious. Male floivers arranged in 

 deciduous amenta. Stamens 1 or several, in the latter case 

 monadelphous ; anthers 1- or more-celled, opening longitudinally. 

 Female Jioiuers in cones, consisting of flattened imbricate carpels 

 or scales arising from the axil of membranous bracts ; ovules 

 naked, 2 or more, on the upper surface of each carpel. Fruit a 



Fig. 930. 



Fig. 931. 



Fig. 932. 



Fig. 9.30. A ripe cone of the 

 Larch (Piniis {AMps) Lari.r). 



Fiij. 931. A mature 



carpel or scale of the Scotcli 

 Fir (Piniix siilvestris), with 

 two winged naked seeds at 

 its base. mie. Micro pyle. ch. 



Chalaza. Fig. 932. A 



scale of the Larch bearing 

 one naked winged seed ; the 

 other seed has been removed. 



woody cone or a galbulus. Seeds naked with a hard crustaceous 

 integument, albuminous ; cotyledons 2 or many. 



Division of the Order and Illustrative Genera. — This order 

 has been subdivided as follows : — 

 Sub-order 1. Ahietece.—Ovale^ inverted, with the micropyle 



next the base of the carpel. Pollen curved. 



Illustrative Genera : — Pinus, Linn. ; Araucaria, Juss. 

 Sub-order 2. Cujjressece. — Ovules erect, with micropyle superior. 



Pollen spheroidal. Illustrative Genera : — Jmiiperus, Linn. ; 



Cupressus, Tourn. 



The order TaxacecE is noiv frequently included in the 

 Conif era', forming the tribe or sub-order Taxece or Taxinece. 



Distribution and Numbers. — The plants of this order occur 



