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3, J. Oxycedrus, L. 5 '^^r'ar. D to G, but more often a hemi- 

 spherical or prostrate shrub. Leaves ternately whorled, approximated, 

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

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

 nearly sessile. Galbules globular, .006 to .008 in diameter, red, at 

 length glossy; scales 3 or 6, with margins scarcely 2^rominent ; seeds 

 2-3, rarely 1 — Spring — Lower and middle to subalpine zones of 

 mountains throughout. 



* * Ttcigs teretisli or tetragonal,, covered vrith the inibricated leaves. 



Leaves ternately whorled or decussate in 4 rows, small, scale-lile, not 



jointed, almost entirely adnate to branches, free at tip, usually with a 



resinous gland at lad-. 



t Galbules maturing in one year 



4, J. excel§a, M. B. 5 Lizzdh (Ture. Arditch). 5 to 20; comus 

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

 ovate-triangular, acute, of twigs in 4 rows, • imbricated, appressed, 

 rhombic-ovate, acutish, with an oblong gland at bad. Staminate catkins 

 erect or somewhat nodding, ovate, obtuse. Galb>des crowded on a 

 short, so7ne what incur red twig, 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, factidissitna, Willd. 5 5 to 15; 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 back. Staminate catkins erect, ovate-globular, with rounded 

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

 diameter, tawrny purple to blackish, glaucescent ; scales 4-6, with slightly 

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

 near Hodhu. 



1 1 Galbidcs maturing in two years. 



6. J. Pliaenicea, 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. Galbides nearly sessile, rather 

 large, globular, taimy-ved, glossy, at length fleshy; scales 6-8, with 

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

 flanks to summit of Mount Hor. 



3. TAXUS, L. Yew. 



Flowers dioecious, axillary. Staminate catkins small, nearly 

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

 with 5-8 anthers at under surface. Pistillate 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 0])en mouth of the 

 receptacle — Trees, with alternate leaves in 2 rows. 



T. baccata, L. 5 Yew. Ground Hemlock. 3 to 6. Leaves 

 subpetioled, flat, linear, .02 to .035 long, obtuse, dark green at upper 

 surface, glaucescent at lower. Staminate amcnts pendulous; scales 



