(326) 



3. L. MINOR L. Ovule solitary; fronds not 

 stalked, soon separating; bract cucullate. 

 Outlet of a creek between the Fort and the 

 Cliff House. Autumn. 



4. L. GIBBA L. More than 1 ovule. Com- 

 mon. Autumn. 



Sub-Class 2. GYMNOSPERBO:. 



ORDER 1. CONIFERS. 



Family 1. TAXINEffi, 

 1. Torreya Arn. NUTMEG-PINE. 



Flowers from scaly buds. $ : consisting of 

 bracts on the base of the axis, imbricated in 

 4 rows; stamens oo; connectives peltate; an- 

 thers 4 to each stamen. ? : ovule immersed 

 into an urceolate arillus. 1 . Branches oppo- 

 site. Leaves linear, decurrent, rigid, mucronate. 



1. T. CALIFORNIA Torr. Tamalpais. La- 

 gunitas Creek. Spring. 



Wood and seed have the odor of nutmeg, 

 the seed occasionally being used as such. 



Family 2, ABIETINE^l, 

 1. Pinus Tourn. PINE. 



$ flowers on elongated axes; the different 

 axes crowded into an inflorescence round the 

 base of a new shoot. ? flowers with fertile 

 scales protected by bracts, which are much 



