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I. PINUS Linn. 
Pinus Linn. Gen. ed. 2. n. 8:9. Pinus et Abies Linn. Gen. ed. 1. 
Jussieu Gen. A14. | Richard Conif. 145. 147. Zuccarini in 
Endl. Gen. pl. Suppl. IT. 26. Pinus, Abies et Larix Tournef. 
Inst. 585. 5S6. Pinus, Abies, Picea, Cedrus e£ Larix Link in 
Linnea XV. 482. 55. Pinus, Abies, Cedrus e£ Larix Spach 
Hist. nat. veg. phaner. XI. 358. 
Flores monoici. Staminig. Amenta solitaria v. spicata. 
Stamina plurima, axi inserta; filamenta brevissima, an- 
there biloculares, connectivo squamuleformi superate, 
loculis appositis, longitudinaliter dehiscentibus v. trans- 
versim irregulariter ruptis. Gemmulif. Amenta solitaria 
v. conferta. Squame imbricate, bractea sspius adnata 
süipate.  Gemmule ad basim squamarum geminz, colla- 
terales, inverse, atrope, squam:e adnate, micropyle 
deorsum spectante lacero-bifida.  Strobilus e squamis co- 
riaceis v. lignescentibus, apice squalibus v. apophysi 
incrassatis, persistentibus aut rarius a rhachi solutis, basi 
pro receptione seminum excavatis. Semina ad basim 
squamarum gemina, collateralia, inversa, nuculiformia, 
basi hinc in alam membranaceam persistentem v. rarius 
semine maturitate a squama soluto pertinacius cum 
squama cohaerentem producta. Embryo in axi albuminis 
carnoso-oleosi antitropus, ejusdem longitudine, cotyledo- 
nibus 3 — 12 linearibus, germinatione epigais, radicula 
cylindrico-conica infera. 
