748 CONIFERiE. (PINE FAMILY.) 



the second year, scales angular-orbicular, umbonate, touching at 

 border, at length dehiscent. Nutlets under each scale numerous, in 

 several rows, ovoid to oblong, bony, often winged — Evergreen trees, 

 with a strong scent, and. scale-like, appressed-imbricated leaves, and 

 very durable wood. 



C. seiiipcrvirciis, L. Cypress. Sane. Fig. 338. 



Sherlhi. 5 5 to 25; comus conical-pyramidal or 

 loosely ovoid, the branches more or less spread- 

 ing, the twigs nearly in two rows, somewhat 

 tetragonal. Leaves csraTtf-ZiZc, opposite, in 4 rows, 

 ovate, obtuse, convex and grooved at back. 

 Staminate caiUns oblong - cylindrical ; pistillate 

 globular, at length horizontal; galbules globu- 

 lar, .02 to .03 in diameter, leaden-grey - Spring vifent' with^'S- 



— Middle mountain zones. erous nakerl ovules at 



its base. 



The compact variety, with a cyliudrico- 

 conical comus, is everywhere cultivated under the name of Sam in the 

 cemeteries, csjiecially by the Muslims. 



2. JUXIPERrS, L. JuNirEli. 



Flowers dicccious or monoscious on separate branches. Staminate 

 catkins globular or ovate, scales decussate or ternate, loosely imbricated, 

 nearly orbicular, bearing 3-G, globular anther-cells on their lowersurface. 

 Pistillate catl'ins subtended by a few, appressed, sterile bracts, and 

 composed of 4-8, decussate or ternately whorled, fleshy, coalescent 

 scales, each bearing a single, gourd-shaped, erect ovule. Galbules 

 fleshy, indehiscent, ribbed by the prominent margins of the scales, and 

 furnished at tip with a dej^ressed, triangular areola. Seeds 1-3, rarely 

 4-8, erect, angled, wingless, separate or rarely coalesced, bony. 



* Ticigs triquetrous. Leaves ternately lolwrled^ jointed at lase, needle- 

 ^ lil'e, xtricUy. 



1. J. driipacca, Labill. 5 L>ifrun. o to 10; comus pyramidal, 

 twigs spreading. Leaves rigid, spreading or reflexed, oblong to linear- 

 lanceolate, .01 to .015 long, channeled at upper surface, keeled at 

 lower. Staminate cathins usually solitary in axils, nearly sessile, ovate, 

 .003 long. Galbules globular, .02 to .03 in diameter, reddish with a 

 purple bloom ; scales 7-8, in 3 rows, margin j^romine?^ ; seeds connate 

 into a woody, 3-celled sort of capsule — August — Middle to sub- 

 alpine Lebanon, Hermon, Cassius, Amanus, Akher Dagh, and 

 northward. 



a. J. inacrocarpa, S. et S. 5 5 Branches spreading. Leaves 

 ternate, spreading, linear-lanceolate, .01 to .02 long, bisulcate at ujDper 

 surface, keeled at lower. Staminate catMns sessile in upper axils, 

 solitary. _ G^aZ^?/Zes globular, .01 to .015 in diameter, reddish to ?v/f(!^Z7s7i- 

 Iroicn^ with a Ihmh bloom, rarely elliptical; scales 3, rarely 6, in 3 

 rows, imbricated, margins free at tip; seeds 3 or less — Autumn — 

 Syrian coast ; lower zone of Lebanon. 



Differs from next by more slender branches, usually longer leaves, 

 blackish-brown galbules nearly twice as large, scattered, not crowded. 



