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CYPRESS 



[For (b) 

 see p. 181.] 



(2) Female cones never fleshy in any part, but 

 of woody or sub-woody scales which do 

 not fuse. Monoecious. 



(a) Scales of * cone and stamens of <? flower, opposite 

 and decussate ; stamens semi-peltate ; ovules 

 erect, and borne singly in the axils. Leaves 

 scale-like and opposite. Pollen globoid and 

 devoid of air -sacs. Seeds not conspicuously 

 winged. 



d -^ 



Fig. 48. Eoman Cypress, Cupressus sempervireun, L. (? shoot with 

 staminate flowers ; fr shoot with ? cones ; a stamen seen from behind ; 

 b the same in longitudinal section ; c a ? flower ; d one of its scales seen 

 from within, showing the numerous erect ovules; e seed (E and P). 



