SYNOPSIS OF THE GENERA OP CONIFEIM:. 7- 



GlyptOStrobllS. 26. Leaves scattered; cones oblong; 

 scales leathery, unequal. 



SUB-OEDEK III. THE YEW SUB-FAMILY.- 





Fertile aments solitary, without an ovary or carpcllary 

 scale, and ripening into a drupaceous fruit. Buds scaly. 



A Flowers dioecious. * Leaves persistent, linear, or needlc-sliaped. 



TaxtlS (YEW.) 27. Seeds nut-like, erect in *he centre 

 of an open, fleshy disk ; anthers 8-celled. 



Torre ya t 28. Seeds large, ovoid, and without a fleshy 

 disk ; anthers 4-celled. 



CephalotaxilS, 29. Seeds similar to Torreya, but the 

 fruit in clusters ; anthers 3-celled. 



Podocarpus, 30. Leaves mostly 1-nerved ; seed with 

 a fleshy integument, inverted and attached to thick, fleshy 

 stalks. 



* * Leaves persistent, scale-like or needle-shape. 

 Dacrydinnit 31. Seeds with a hard, bony covering, 



erect in a fleshy, disk-like integument. 



* * * Leaves deciduous, fan-shaped. 



Salisburia. 32. Seeds large, with a fleshy disk closely 

 surrounding their base ; anthers 2-celled. 



B Flowers monoecious. * Leaves persistent, scale-formed. 



PhyllocladllSi 33. Branchlets flattened and leaf-like ; 

 seeds small, nut-like, and partly enclosed at the base by a 

 fleshy disk ; anthers 2-celled. 



Microcachrys. 34. Leaves in opposite pairs ; seeds 

 erect with a thin, dry, membrauaccous covering. 



* * Leaves persistent, linear, and flat. 



Saxe-Gothea, 35. Leaves alternate, two-rowed, or 

 scattered ; base of the seeds enclosed by a thin membra- 

 naceous integument. 



* * * Leaves persistent, opposite, elliptical or lanceolate, nerveless. 

 \ageia. 36. Sometimes dioecious; seeds with a thin, 



bony shell, and enclosed by a fleshy or leathery covering. 

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