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FORMS OF FINALES 



the strobilus is ovoid with rather leathery scales. The spruce 

 and hemlock have pendent strobili. Abies or fir, leaves flat in 

 two rows, the stems being smooth after leaf fall, strobili erect on 

 the branches. Taxodium or bald cypress, leaves flat in two rows 



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FIG. 260. Common examples of the Finales: 5, Thuja or arbor vitae. 

 6, Strobilus of Chamaecyparis or southern white cedar. 7, strobilus of Juni- 

 perus or red cedar with fleshy scales fused into a berry-like fruit. 8, branch 

 of Taxus or yew. The seeds are produced singly in the axils of leaves on short 

 lateral branches and nearly enveloped by a thick fleshy cup that becomes 

 bright red. 9, Picea or spruce. 



and deciduous, strobilus globose with thick, spirally-arranged and 

 shield-like scales. Thuja, arbor vitae, or northern white cedar, 

 leaves scale-like, closely appressed to the branches in four rows, 

 strobili ovoid with flat tough scales (Fig. 260, 5) . Chamaecyparis 



