COKIFERiE. (fine FAMILY.) 749 



3. J. Oxycedriis, L. 5 '-i^"'«r. 5 to G, but more ol'ten a hemi- 

 spherical or prostrate shrub. Loaves ternately whorled, approximated, 

 spreading, linear-lanceolate, .01 to .015 long, obsoletely bisulcate at 

 upper surface, keeled at lower. Staminate catkbis ovate, solitary, 

 nearly sessile. Galbules globular, .000 to .008 in diameter, red, at 

 length glossy; scales 3 en* 6, with margins scarcely j)i'omment ; seeds 

 3-3, rarely 1 — Spring — Lower and middle to subalpine zones of 

 mountains throughout. 



* * Ttoigs teretisli or tetragonal, covered i.ciih the imhricated leaves. 



Leaves ternately whorled or decussate in 4 roi&s, small, scale-like, not 



jointed, almost entirely adnate to branches, free at tij'), "sually icitli a 



resinous gland at dad'. 



t Galbules maturing in one year 



4. 3. excelsa, M. B. 5 Liszdb (Turc. ArdUcli). o to 20; comus 

 pyramidal, twigs erect or spreading. Leaves of branches ternate, 

 ocate-triangidar, acute, of twigs in 4 rows, imbricated, appressed, 

 rhombic-ovate, acutish, with an oblong gland at bad: Staminate catl ins 

 erect or somewhat nodding, ovate, obtuse. Galtudcs crowded on a 

 short, somewhat incur redtviig, globular, .008 in diameter, blackish with 

 a white bloom ; scales about 4, their tips at length almost obliterated ; 

 seeds G-4 — Spring ~ Subalpine and alpine regions to 2700 m. 



5. J. fVcti(li§§ima, Willd. 5 Stol-j; branches erect. Leaves 

 of branches and primary twigs in 4 rows, decussate, ovate to lanceolate- 

 acuminate, free except at base, of terminal twigs ovate-rhombic, acutish, 

 glandless at bad: Staminate catJdns erect, ovate-globular, with rounded 

 scales. Galbules solitary, on a short, erect twig, globular, .01 in 

 diameter, taimy purple to blacUsh, glauccscent ; scales 4-C, with slightly 

 prominent margins; seed 2-1 — Spring — Middle zone of Amamis, 

 near Hodhu. 



1 1 Galbules moMring in ttco years. 



6. J. Pliaeiiicca, L. 5 5 Shrub or tree, with erect or ascending, 

 terete branches. Leaves minute, ternately whorled or opposite, 

 appressed, imbricated, ovate-rhombic, obtuse, with a convex back 

 marked by a linear gland, Staminate catkins erect, on short twigs, 

 ovate- oblong, with rounded scales. Gcdbules nearly sessile, rather 

 large, globular, taiony-red, glossy, at length fleshy; scales 0-8, with 

 indistinct margins; seeds 3-6 — Spring — Wadi-el-'Arabah, and on its 

 flanks to summit of Mount Hor. 



3. TAXI'S, L. Yean. 



Flowers dicecious, axillary. Staminate catkins small, nearly 

 globular, subtended by imbricated bracts at base ; scales few, peltate, 

 with 5-8 anthers at under surface. Pistilldc catkins composed of small 

 imbricated bracts, at base of ring-shaped, at length urn-shaped recep- 

 tacle, which forms a sort of drupe-like fruit, subtended by the cupule 

 of bracts, the tip of the naked seed visible in the open mouth of the 

 receptacle — Trees, with alternate leaves in 3 rows. 



T. baccata, L. 5 Yew. Ground Hemlock. 3 to G. Leaves 

 subpetioled, flat, linear, .03 to .035 long, obtuse, dark green at upper 

 surface, glaucesceut at louver. Staminate aments pendulous; scales 



