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BOTANY. 



along streams, on thin, rocky soils, from Canada to Penn- 

 sylvania and Kentucky, and south along the Alleghanies. 

 Its linear leaves are nearly an inch in length, in two oppo- 

 site rows, along the branches. It blossoms in April. Fig. 

 451 represents its axillary $ inflorescence, consisting of 

 six scale-like connectives, bearing the anther-cells on their 



FIG. 449. FIG. 450. FIG. 451. 



inner faces. Fig. 452 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. 453 represents a vertical section of this fruit. 

 The embryo of a coniferous seed is shown 

 in Fig. 454. It is said to be polycotyledonous. 



FIG. 452. FIG. 453. FIG. 454. 



The lower half of Chart IV is devoted to the Coni- 

 fers. Examples of the leading genera of this order are 

 given, showing the foliage, fruit, and seed, the latter much 

 magnified, and all colored from Nature. 



