CLASSIFICATION OF TREES AND SHEUBS ACCORDING 

 TO THEIR SEEDLINGS 



I. EMBRYO AND SEEDLING WITH 5—10 (RARELY [For (H) 

 MORE OR FEWER) COTYLEDONS; THE LATTER "^^P- 275] 

 NARROW ACICULAR, LINEAR OR SUBULATE. 

 GERMINATION EPIGEAL. POLYCOTYLEDONOUS 

 CONIFERS. 



A. Cotyledons entire. [For (B) 



see p. 274.] 



(1) Primary leaves also entire. [For (2) 



(a) Primary leaves equal in number to the cotyledons see p. 272.] 

 and alternating with them. 



Fig. 137. Abies pectlnata. 

 Silver Fir, ^j, (E.D.). 



Fig. 138. Larix europceu. 

 Larch, ^ (E.D.). 



Abies pectinata, L. Silver Fir (Fig. 137). 



(b) Primary leaves not regularly alternating, 

 (i) Epicotyl glabrous. 



