SECT. II 



PHANEROGAMIA 



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of Mexico ; very large specimens occur such as the giant tree of Tule, wliich at a 



Fig. 505. — Jiiniperus Sabina: branch with fruit. Foiaoxoun. 



height of 40 m. was 30 ni. in circumference, and was estimated by voN Humboldt 

 to be 4000 years old. 



Fill. 506.— </ttmj;e!-ws communis. A, Male fiowtr ; B, fertile shoot with female flower; C, female 

 flower with one scale bent out of place ; D, fruit. Offichl. (After Berg and Schmidt, all 

 magnified.) 



Sub-family Abietineae. — The floral structure of the Abietineae may be described 



