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CONIFERS. 



[CLASS 



coloured disk develops as they mature, enclosing and 

 over-topping the fruit. 



In Juniper, the anther-scales are 4-celled, and the 

 ovules three in number, i at the base of each of 3 connate 



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FIG. ioi. Stamen of 



Yew. 



taaaiiif 



FIG. 192. Female 

 flower of same. 



FIG. 193. yertical sec- 

 tion of fruit of same. 



scales, which form a succulent galbulus when the seeds 

 are ripe. 



Besides the peculiarities in the structure of the pollen- 

 grains and ovules, as also in the embryogeny of the Coni- 

 ferae, referred to above, the Order is characterised by the 



FIG. 194. 9 inflorescence of FIG. 195. Seed of same, bearing 

 Juniper. a few resin-receptacles. 



absence of vessels in all wood formed after the first year's 

 growth; the wood consisting solely of tapering wood-cells, 

 marked on the sides^ towards the medullary rays, with 



