THE CONIFERS. 



ITS 



sents its axillary $ inflorescence, consisting of six 

 scale-like connectives, bearing the anther-cells on 

 their inner faces. Fig. 329 represents its solitary 

 fertile flower. You see it is a single, erect, sessile 

 ovule, surrounded by scaly bracts. At its base is a 

 cup-shaped disk, that becomes pulpy, red, and berry- 

 like, as the ovule ripens and turns black. Fig. 330 

 represents a vertical section of this fruit. 



FIG. 



Fm. 830. 



FIG. 831. 



The embryo of a coniferous seed is shown in 

 Fig. 331. It is said to be polycotyledonous. 



The lower half of Chart IY. is devoted to the 

 Coniferse. Examples of the leading genera of this 

 order are given, showing the foliage, fruit, and seed, 

 the latter much magnified, and all colored from Na- 

 ture. 



