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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



S t r obile continue d. 



FIG. 551. FRUITING BRANCHLET OF JUNIPERUS DRUPACEA, showing 

 rounded Strobiles, with fleshy Bracts, resembling Berries. 



(see Figs. 550 and 551). This form is sometimes dis- 

 tinguished by the name of Galbulus. In Com/eras, the 



Strobile continued. 



the true nature of the scales ; but a widely-accepted 

 view is that they represent two leaves, arising from an 



FIG. 554. STROBILE OR COME OF SEQUOIA GIGANTEA. 



undeveloped branch in the axil of the bract, united 

 together by one side, and that they correspond to open 

 carpels. 



As regards their forms, Strobiles are usually elongated 

 cones, as, indeed, is implied in the equivalent term, Cone ; 



FIG. 552. PICEA EXCELSA, showing (1) Fruiting Branch, bearing slender Strobile, (2) Scale with Seeds in position, and (3) Seed. 



seeds are not inclosed in carpels ; but, in most, they lie, 

 as represented in Fig. 552, in pairs, on the upper sur- 

 face of scales, of which one is present in the axil of 

 each bract. There has been much controversy about 



FIG. 553. STROBILE OR CONE OF PINUS PUNGENS. 



but frequently they are oval or globular, and occasionally 

 they are comparatively slender. Some of the commoner 



FIG. 555. STROBILE OR CONE OF PINUS SYLVESTRIS. 



