"750 CO^'IFEE^. (PINE FAMILY.) 



about 7-lobed. i^Vi^z'fs somewhat pecluacled, spreading; cupule hemi- 

 spherical, as long as or longer than the ovate seed — Spring — Gesbel- 

 Dagh (Amanus). 



4. POUS, Tourc. Pine, Sncaibar. 



Staminate cakins oblong to cylindrical, with a scah^ involucre at 

 base, crowded at base of twigs. Cells of anthers dehiscent lengthwise. 

 Pistillate catMiis nearly terminal or lateral. Cones rarely maturing 

 before the second year, often not before the third. Scales persistent, 

 leathery or woody, ending in a shield-shaped tip, with a dorsal or 

 terminal boss — Trees, with clustered, ueedle-like leaves, sheathed by 

 scarious scales at base. The resinous canals of the leaves are longitu- 

 dinal, and either next to the epidermis {peripheral), or in the substance 

 of the leaf (parenchymatous), or near the ventral vessels {internaT). 



'•' Conen nearly terminal. Leaves tioin, serrulate. 



i. p. Piiica, L. 5 1^ ^0 2^i comus hemispherical, lower 

 branches horizontal. Leaves .10 to .13 or more long, stiff, ascending. 

 Staminate call-ins oblong, .008 long, crowded in an oUong spiJce, .05 to 

 .07 long, ,015 to .02 in diameter. Gones solitary or twin, nearly sessile, 

 horizontal or somewhat reflexed, .1 to .15 long, .08 to .1 in diameter, 

 ovate, obtuse, maturing tlie thirdyear; end of scales rhomboid, jf?t7^^«?7i<?c?- 

 pyramidal, glossy; boss depressed, small; seeds obovate, angled, .015 

 long, almost icingless, wdth do?iy shell — Spring — Sands and rocky 

 places; extensively cultivated, and usually pruned to an umbrella-like 

 top on a naked trunk. 



"•^ * Co7ies lateral. Leaves twin, scahrous-mar gined or entire. 



2, P. Halcpeiisls, Mill. 5 3 to 10; comus diffuse; branches 

 somewhat whorled, ascending. Leaves twin, slender, .1 to .15 long. 

 Staminate catJcins short-cylindrical, clustered-ca2ntafe. Cones solitary or 

 2-3 in a whorl, reflexed on thick peduncles, oblong -conical, .08 to .1 

 long, .05 to .06 in diameter, maturing the second year; end of scales 

 flatfish, transversely slightly Ticeled ; boss small, flatfish; seeds oblong, 

 .006 long, .003 broad, with a thin shell, and a wing 3-5 times as long as 

 they — Spring — Lower and middle mountain zones throughout, 

 except in deserts. 



3. P. Sriitia, Ten. 5 3 to 10; comus diffuse; branches some- 

 what whorled. Leaves twin, long, thickish. Staminate catMnscluztQiQdi- 

 capitate. Cones 3-6, whorled, ascending, oblong-conical,. 08 to .1 

 long, .05 to .06 in diameter, maturing the second year; ends of scales 

 more or less prominently transversely keeled; boss not prominent; 

 seeds small, many times shorter than wing — Spring — Lower and 

 middle mountain zones of Lebanon ; Akher Dagh. Probably a variety 

 of the last. 



5. CEDRUS, Link. Cedak. A/i^z. 



Monoecious. Staminate catl:insc^\mdiVm£i\-comQ,^\, terminal, solitary, 

 erect on upper surface of branches. Pistillate catMns ovoid, quite ob- 

 tuse, solitary or twin, at extremity of twigs. Cones maturing in the 

 second year, erect. Scales persistent, coriaceous, woody, flat, with 



