XX GENERA. 



Fruit, a globular berry, furnished with minute scales. 

 Seeds from one to five, either connected or uncon- 

 nected internally, and covered with a hard bony shell. 



Sec. I. OXYCEDEUS, the True Junipers. 



Leaves in whorls of three, spreading, jointed at the 

 base, and glandless on the adult plants, with the buds 

 perulated. 



Sec. II. SABINA, the Savin Junipers. 



Leaves in opposite pairs, mostly awl-shaped, and 

 loosely imbricated on the adult plants, with the buds 

 naked. 

 Sec. III. CUPKESSOIDES, the Cypress-like Junipers. 



Leaves in opposite pairs, four-rowed, small, scale- 

 formed, and very closely imbricated on the adult 

 plants. 



Fruit more or less angular externally. 



Order II. TAXACE^E, the Yew Race. 



Tribe I. TAXINE^E VER^E, the Yew Tribe. 



Fruit more or less drupaceous, and naked on the upper part. 



Gen. Taxus, Smith. Leaves on short foot-stalks, linear, decur- 

 rent, two-rowed, and alternate. 



Flowers, male and female on separate plants. 



Fruit solitary, and composed of a fleshy open cup, 

 of a scarlet colour, and viscid. 



Seeds solitary, nut-like, with a crustaceous shell, free 

 and exposed at the top. 



Gen. Torreya, Arnott. Leaves linear-lanceolate, decurrent at 

 the base, and either opposite or alternate. 

 Flowers, male and female on separate plants. 

 Fruit drupaceous, or fleshy outside, and naked at the 

 point. 



