CHAPTER XI. 



THE CYPRESS SUB-FAMILY. CUPRESSINEJE. 



The engraving, figure 33, gives magnified drawings of 

 the flowers and fruit of the common Juniper, and illus- 

 trates the characters of the sub-family Cupressinese. The 

 sterile aments are shown of the natural size, at a y b shows 

 one of these much enlarged ; and c gives a view of one 

 of the stamens. The fertile aments, d, one of which is 

 shown enlarged at e, consist of a few scales ; at the base 

 of the scales are borne the erect ovules, as seen in the mag- 

 nified cross section,/! The scales in the Juniper become 

 fleshy and form a berry-like fruit, of which g represents 

 the young, and A, the mature state, both enlarged. A 

 cross section of the fruit is shown at ?', exposing the seeds, 

 a separate one of w T hich, with the glands at its base, is 

 represented at j. 



13. JIT WIPE RUS, Linnceits. JUNIPER. 



Flowers chiefly dioecious, very rarely monoecious; sterile 

 aments, sub-terminal or axillary, anther cells on the under 

 side of the shield-shaped scales, opening lengthwise, and 

 from 3 to G in number; fertile aments axillary, ovoid, and 

 bracteate at base. Fruit, a scaly-bracted drupe, in some 

 species resembling a berry, emitting a strong, resinous 

 odor, and containing from 1 to 3, erect, hard-shelled seeds. 

 Cotyledons, 2. Leaves, scale-like, subulate or lanceolate, 

 persistent and rigid. 



This immense genus of evergreens is one of the most 

 useful of the order for ornamental planting. It comprises 



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