314 ORDEII 127. COXiFERffi. 



7 A. MENZifesn. Tree 50 70f in Oregon ; Ivs. J', silvery-glaucous ; cones 3 4', many. 



8 A. BRACTEATA. Tree lOOf in California ; leaves 2 3', silvery-glaucous beneath ; conc 



4', bracts 3-lobed, middle lobe much exceeding the scale, and recurved. 



A. PECTINATA. Tree from Europe, 80f; leaves 9", obtuse, glaucous beneath ; coues 



i 7', brown when ripe, bracts fringed, the cuspidate point spreading. 

 ft. CEPHAL6NICA, from Greece, bracts linear-oblong, toothed, reflexed. 

 y. NORDMANNIA, from Crimea, bracts with an entire recurved point. 



10 A. Fraserl Ph. Double Balsam F. Tree small (15 30f); bark smooth, blistered 

 as in the next; leaves 8 10", seeming 3-veined beneath; cones 2- 2', oblong ; bracts 

 denticulate, long-pointed, reflexed. White Mountains 1 and Alleghanies. 



11 A. balsamea Marsh. Balsam F. Tree 30 50f, with smooth bark filled with 

 blisters (reservoirs) of balsam ; leaves 8 10", obtuse, silvery beneath ; cones cylindri 

 cal, 34' x 1', bracts concealed or slightly exserted. Damp woods. Cultivated. 



12 A. SIBIRICA (or Pichta). Small tree from Asia ; leaves 1' ; cones ovoid-conic, 3 4' 



13 A. OBANDis. Tree 200f in Oreg. ; Ivs. 1' 18", bifid, silvery beneath ; cones oblong, 4'. 



3. CEDRUS, Link. $ Am. solitary, terminal. $ Cones persistent two 

 or three years ; scales persistent, close-pressed ; bracts concealed adnate to 

 the scales. ^ Leaves sessile, fascicled as in Larix, rigid, evergreen. 



1 C. LIBANI. Cedar of Lebanon. Tree with wide-spread branches; leaves 9 15", dark 



green, acute ; cones oval, obtuse, brown, 3 x 2', scales very many. 



2 C. DK6DARA. Huge tree in the Himalayas ; IVB. 12', light glaucous ; cones ovoid, 4'. 



4. LARIX, Tourn. LARCH. TAMARACK. $ Anthers 2-cclled, cells open- 

 ing lengthwise, with simple pollen grains. $ Cones erect, oval or round- 

 ish, scales colored, persistent. Seeds with a proper wing. J> Leaves 

 deciduous, acerous, soft, scattered, and in axillary, many-leaved fascicles. 



1 L. Americana MX. A splendid tree 70 lOOf, with straight axis and horizontal 



branches ; leaves filiform, very slender, 12', in bunches of 12 20 ; cones deep pur 

 pie, 6 10", scales few, with indexed edges. Woods northward. Common in cult. 

 0. pfmitila. Branchlets slender and drooping. Exquisitely beautiful. 



2 L. EUBOP^EA. Large tree ; Ivs. flattened, lin ear-spat ulate ; cones 1 1J' long. 



5. JUNIPERUS, L. JUNIPER. Fls. $ $ , ainents very small, roundish. 

 $ Scales peltate, each with 4 7 anther-cells beneath. $ Scales few, united 



at base, 1-2-ovuled, forming a sort of berry in fruit. Cotyledons 2. 55 

 Leaves subulate or scale-like, pungent, opposite or whorled. 



$ Lvs. scale-form, opp., 4-rowed, and subulate iu 3's, not jointed, nerveless. ..Nos. 1 3 

 Lvs. all subulate and in 3's. divaricate, jointed to the stem, 1-nerved Nos. 4 7 



1 J. Vlrglnfa.ua L. Red Cedar. Tree of middle size, dark green ; early Ivs. very 



slender. 3 4", little divergent, in 3's, later ones 12", h-cale-form, 4-rowed, opposite, 

 appressed ; cones or berries small, blue-white, on short branchlets. Rocky soils. 



2 J. Nab in a, /3. procumbent Ph. Shrub trailing ; Ivs. opposite, obtuse, a gland in 



the middle, imbricated in 4 rows ; fruit larger (3"), nodding, dark purple. Rocks, N. 



3 JT. Bermudlana L. Late branchlets very slender, covered with scale-form pun- 



gent IVB. in 4 rows, divergent, 1" ; fr. brown, no bloom, 2", subsessile. Fla. 15 20f. 



4 JT. communls L. Common J. (Fig. 353.) Tree or shrub ; leaves in 3's, crowded, 



pungent-acuminate, &-8", fruit small (2"), subsessile. dark-purple, sweetish. Woods. 

 0. nlpina. Shrub trailing ; leaves more crowded, less spreading, curved. N. 

 y. OBLONQA. Branchlets drooping; leaves lance-linear, glaucous ; fruit clustered. 



5 J. RIGIDA. Weeping J. Branchlets drooping ; Ivs. channelled on the upper side. Japan. 



6 J. OXYCEDRHS. Shrub 10-12f, from Eur., is known by its red-brown berries 3-4" long. 



7 J. IIKUPACEA. Shrub from Syria, 8 12f, with berries dark-purple, as large as a plum 



