168 BOTANICAL SYNOPSIS 



short, awl-shaped, rigid, spirally arranged, closely adpressed 

 to the branch, bluish green at first, becoming a dull grass- 

 green, evergreen. Cones solitary, egg-shaped, two inches 

 long, woody, with twenty-five to thirty peltate scales, each 

 bearing five to seven seeds. California and Oregon. Vol. I., 

 p. 129. 



NATURAL ORDER, CUFRESSINEJE {CYPRESS 

 FAMILY). 



Cupressus sempervirens L. Cypress. Bark scaly, reddish 

 brown. Branches ascending. Shoots quadrangular. Leaves 

 minute, needle-shaped on main stem, broader and adpressed 

 in four rows on the shoots, dark evergreen. Cones globose, 

 from one inch to one and a half inches in diameter, of a few 

 polygonal scales which have a central point and become 

 woody. May, June. Persia, Asia Minor, and the Eastern 

 Mediterranean region. Vol. III., p. 57. 



NATURAL ORDER, TAXACEAU {YEW FAMILY). 



Taxus baccata L. Yew. Bark furrowed, brown, pink- 

 tinged, flaking. Branches dorsi-ventral. Leaves linear, 

 acute, one inch long, dark, apparently distichous, evergreen. 

 Flowers dioecious, male of peltate stamens, female of solitary 

 ovule, surrounded later by pink, fleshy, cup-like aril. March, 

 April. Northern Temperate Zone. Vol. II., p. 81. 



