PINACEiE 233 



Leaves |-f in. long, with a conspicuous midrib above, 

 about half the width of the white bands, which are 

 equal in width to the marginal green bands.— J. 

 Cedrus. 

 Leaves decurrent on the branchlets. Staminate flowers 3-6 

 in a head on a scaly stalk. Fruit much larger 

 than in the other sections, composed of 6 or 9 

 ternate scales. Seeds consoUdated into a thick, 

 globose, 3-celled bony mass. 



Leaves |-| in. long, widely spreading, rigid, sharp- 

 pointed ; upper surface with a broad green midrib, 

 deeply furrowed near the base, and two broad white 

 bands. — J. drujmcea. 



Leaves on adult plants always awl-shaped or needle-like, never 

 jointed at the base. 



Branchlets curved or pendulous. Leaves in threes, 

 loosely appressed, |— | in. long, sharp-pointed, 

 greyish green on the dorsal surface, which is chan- 

 nelled in the middle Une near the base. — J. 

 recurva. 



Leaves in threes, appressed or spreading, broader and 

 shorter than in J. recurva, ^ in. long, green on the 

 dorsal surface, which is channelled from the base 

 to near the apex. — J. squamata. 



Leaves larger than J. squamata., otherwise similar; 

 branchlets also glaucous in tint.— J. procumbens. 



Leaves on adult trees all scale-like and appressed, or with awl- 

 shaped and needle-like foliage on occasional branches. 

 Leaves minutely toothed on margins. 



Fruit large, usually about f-o in. in diameter. 



Ultimate branchlets ^^ in. in diameter. Fruit blue, 

 ovoid, with one large seed. — J. Wallichiana. 



Ultimate branchlets ^.V in. in diameter ; leaves closely 

 appressed, ovate, blunt, with an inconspicuous 

 depression on the back. Fruit globose or pyriform, 

 yellow or reddish brown, with fibrous yellow flesh. 

 Seeds 3-9. J. phcenicea. 



Tree with long pendulous branchlets, t^V in. in diameter. 

 Leaves ovate, lanceolate, slightly spreading, i'^ 

 in. long, sharp-pointed, with resin-glands on the back. 

 Fruit globose, reddish brown. Seeds 6-12.— J. 

 fiaccida. 



Tree with thick bark divided into small square plates, 

 unique in the genus. Ultimate branches quad- 

 rangular, oV in. in diameter. Leaves appressed, 

 rhombic, with a depressed oval gland, often exuding 



