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II. THE FLOWERS ARE NOT TRUE CONES, AND 

 THE OVULES ARE ALWAYS ENCLOSED IN AN 

 OVARY, OF ONE OR MORE CLOSED CARPELS 

 AND WITH ONE OR MORE STIGMAS AND USU- 

 ALLY A STYLE AS WELL ANGIOSPERMS . THEY 

 MAY BE UNISEXUAL OR HERMAPHRODITE, AND 

 MONCECIOUS OR DKECIOUS, BUT THE FLOWERS 

 ALWAYS STAND IN THE AXIL OF, OR ARE IN- 

 SERTED ON A SCALE OF THE INFLORESCENCE, 

 OR EACH HAS A PERIANTH OF ITS OWN. THE 

 FOLIAGE NEVER CONSISTS OF TRULY ACICU- 

 LAR OR SCALY EVERGREEN LEAVES, THOUGH 

 THEY MAY BE VERY SMALL AND EVEN SCALE- 

 LIKE IN FORM e.g. Ericaceae, Tamarisk, "Ruscus." 



[However cone-like the inflorescence may appear to 

 be e.g. the $ catkin of Alnus the stamens or carpels 

 never constitute the scales themselves : there are always 

 at least scales in addition to either (/" or $ flowers on 

 the flowering axis.] 



[For (B) A. Flowers unisexual (diclinous), containing 



see p. 27i.] STAMENS ONLY, OR PISTILS ONLY, BUT NOT BOTH, 



EXCEPT OCCASIONALLY AS RUDIMENTS. 



[For (2) (1) Inflorescence a catkin, or catkin-like spike, 



seep. 264.] composcd of scales subtending or bearing 



flowers or compressed groups of flowers; 

 flowers never enclosed in distinct calyx and 

 corolla, though there may be a green or 

 brown membranous perianth or not. 



[For distinctions between a Catkin and a Cone see 



Note p. 175.] 



[For (b) (a) Staminate ( <? ) and pistiUate ( ? ) flowers on differ- 



seep. 232.] ent inflorescences and plants {dioecious). 



