154 CONIFERS. 



slender branches. Le. plaited when young, in maturity ovate, 

 acute, doubly-serrate, downy in the axils of the veins underneath. 

 Barren catkins sessile, about l|-in. long, arching. Fertile ones 

 slender, very long in fruit; scales deeply 3-lobed. 



Frequent. In plantations. (E) T. 5. Banks of the Kelvin, by the stream 

 leading to the grinding mill. 



Sub-Class 5. GYfflNOSPERlLS!. 



Ovaries apparently naked. Perianth none. 



ORD. 74. CONIFERS. 



Sub-Order 1. ABIETINE^:. Flowers in catkins. Ovules inverted 

 in the axil of a membranous scale. Pullen curved, with two 

 granular extremities. 



1. PINUS. Monoecious. Male catkins crowded. Anthers 2-celled, 



seated on the under side of the scale. Female flowers in a, 

 many-scaled cane. Scales bearing the 2 inverted ovules 011 

 the upper surface. 



Sub-Order 2. CUPRESSINE^. Barren flowers in catkins. Fertile 

 ones in catkins or solitary. Ovules erect. Pullen globular. 



2. JUNIPER us. Dioecious. Anthers 4 7, 1-celled, seated 011 



the lower edge of the scales. Fertile fl. few, the 3 upper 

 connate scales becoming a fleshy berry. 



3. TAXUS. Dioecious. Male catkins oval; scales peltate, with 3 



anthers below. Fertile flowers with imbricated scales at the 

 base of a fleshy disk, with a solitary erect ovale. Fruit a 

 small berry. 



1. PfNUS. Fir. 



P. SYLVESTRIS, L. Scotch-Fir. An evergreen tree of consider- 

 able size, with reddish bark, and a dense head ; branches curved. 

 Le. in pairs, from a scaly fimbriate sheath, long, narrow, rigid. 

 Young cones recurved, mostly in pairs, about as long as the le. 

 Scales hard, with a thick point when young, disappearing when 

 the cone is ripe. 



Common. In woods; only native in the Highland forests. (S) T. 5 6. 



