312 OKDKJI 127. 



veined, circinnate. Flowers dioecious, naked, in cones, $ anther covering 

 the under surface of the connectile. $ Scales peltate, bearing naked 

 ovules dorsal or marginal. 



1. CYOAS REVOLUTA, from Japan, hardy South, has a short thick trunk, 

 crowned with numerous pinnate leaves, 4 5f long, with innumerable linear 1-vcincd 

 leaflets rolled at the edges. Fruit in an oblong spadix. 



2. ZAMIA INTEGRIFOLIA. COONTIE. FLORIDA ARROW-ROOT. Stem 

 corm-like, abounding in starch. Leaves 3 5f long, leaflets 3 5'. lance-oblong, joiid-ed to 

 the rachis, entire, QO-veined ; fruit in a large oblong cone. S. Fla. 



ORDER CXXVII. CONIFERS. CONIFERS. 



Trees or shrubs mostly evergreen, abounding with a resinous juice. Leaves 

 scattered or fascicled, mostly linear, parallel or fork-veined. Flowers $ $ 

 or 6" , destitute of corolla or calyx, in aments and cones. $ Stamen 1, or 

 several united. $ Ovary, style, and stigma wanting. Ovules 1 oo at the 

 base of the carpellary scale. Fruit a strobile (cone) with the scales woody 

 and distinct, or baccate with the scales fleshy and coherent. Figs. 107, 160, 

 194, 216, *56, 293, 299, 352-3, 473-4, 491. See Hoopes' Book of Evergreens. 



ABIETINE^E. Scales of the cone each with a bract beneath it. Seeds 2, winged. ..(*) 

 CUPRESSINE^E. Scales bractless. Seeds 19, mostly with 2 wings. . .() 



* Leaves evergreen, linear, 2 6 together in each fascicle PINUS. i 



* Leaves evergreen, linear, solitary, scattered ABIKS. 2 



* Leaves in fascicles of many together, evergreen .CEDBOS. 3 



u deciduous LAKIX. 4 



* Cones baccate, consisting of the fleshy coherent scales JUNITKRIIS. 5 



** Cones dry, scales imbricated. x Leaves lance-linear CUNNINGHAMIA. 6 



x Leaves scale-form, opposite, 4-rowed THOYA. 7 



** Cones dry, scales valvately closed. y Lvs. scale-form, opposite, 4-rowed. ..CUPRKSSUS. 8 



y Lvs. linear, alternate, deciduous TAXODIUM. 9 



y Lvs. alternate, evergreen, t SEQUOYA. 10 



1. PINUS, L. PINE. Fls. <? , the $ in clustered aments. Stamen 1, 

 with a 2-celled anther. $ Aments of many open imbricated carpellary 

 scales, each with a bract at the back and 2 inverted ovules at base within. 

 Cone woody, persistent two years, the scales often thickened and awncd 

 at the tip. Seeds nut-like, winged. Cotyledons 3 12. J) Fascicles of 

 2 5 linear-filiform leaves, sheathed at base. 



$ Leaves in 5's. x Scales spineless, hardly thickened at end Nog. 1-3 



x Scales ending with a cap and a spine No 4 



% Leaves in 3's. y Cones oblong, with small recurved spines Nog. 5, C 



y Cones ovoid, with weak or strong spines Nos>. 7 !l 



S Leaves in 2's. z Scales tipped with spines or prickles NOK. 10 IS 



z Scales spineless. a Trees native Now. 13, 14 



a Trees European Nos. 15, l(i 



1 P. Mtrobus L. White Pine. A majestic tree, 100 ITOf, in the forests ; Ivs. needle- 



shaped, 4 y, not rigid ; cones oblong, 5 7', pendulous. Woods, Penn., N. and N-W. 

 Timber of great value in architecture. 



2 P. EXCLSA. KhotanP. Lvs. glaucous, 5 7'; cones cylindric, 6 9'; nuts winged. Asia 



