roriJLAH FLORA. 



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89, PINE FAMILY, n,.!, , (ONlKKli.K. 



Tlio only familiar family of ( Jymiiosjtciinous Plants '218, 

 250 , (•oii>i>tiii;,' of tifo or -111 tilts, with H'siii<Mis juice, mo.-tly 

 M\vl->liai>t'il(»iiit'tMll«'-slia|»»'il lt'avi's,nnil moiid'ciuiisMrdinTJoiH 

 llowfis (if a Vfiy siiii|ilt' soil, and cnlit rt<<l in r.itkin-, t'\( f|»( 

 in \'t\v. In tliat tlif fi'itilc llowcr is sin;^'lf at till' fml of ihi; 

 liiamli. No(aly\ nor coiolla, anil no juiipci' jii-lil. ()\u1(;h 

 and .-t'cds naki'd. Stciilf llowcisufa few stanifii- orantlifis^ 

 tixcil to a scalf. ( 'iiiylciliins often more tlian one pair, some- 

 times as many as 9 or 12, in a wliorl. l-'or illii-lratiou-. «ee 



Via. 49, 50, 134, \(/\ 197, 224 to 22^, and 4(yS, 4(, ,. This 



family i'oni|»rises some of «»tu' most im]>ortant lindier-tiees, 

 and the prinripal everi^reeii forest-tree- of Nortiiein climates, 

 ll consists of ihrtr well-marki'd siilifamilio ;-— 



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4!K) 



i'.ix. Krriilf IliiHiTu, or yuiin^j <oim«. 

 "f Arlx't A'llii-, •iilinu'i'.l. im. h sMit 



Viin\ i.f III f till' Nlilli't ;ll|ii 111 |,,ih- 



iif II ik»-il iiHl|i'<. Inor.' lll:WliJlli'il. 



I. I'INK .Sriil'.vMIIV. rcitilc tliiwi'is muny in a cnlkiii, wliidi in fmit licfuini's !i .itni'iilr or 

 colli! (230) ; tilt' scales of wiiich are opiMi iiistils (each in the a\il of a luacti. witii a |i)Ui of o\ nicy 

 or sccils liuriic on tin; liasc' of each. Seeds scaliiii; off with a win;,', ('.nic-i ovate oi- o'olon;,'. I.t-af- 

 Knds scaly, riowcrs niono-cious. 

 Loaves 2 to 5 in a cIhsIit, fiuni the axil of a thin scale, eveiffreen, nt'cdle-shajied. Cono 



with thick or sonu'tinies thin scales, (Piling) I'lNK, 



Leaves many in a cluster (Fig. 134) on side simrs, and also si-attercd along the shouts of 



the season, tieedle-shaiied, falling in aiitmnn. Cone with thin scal(;s, (L<irix) LAr.cH. 



Leaves all scattered ahnig the shoots, evergreen, linear or needle-shaped. Cone with tiiin 



scales, (.J'/a-fl Fht. 



TI. CYIMtHSS SlUFAMir.Y. Fertile th>wers few, in a roMiidfd catkin, fnrnied of scales which are 

 generally thickened at the top, and witiioiit any bracts, hearing one or more ovides at the Ijuttma. 

 liCaves scale-like or awl-shaiicil. Leaf-lmds without any scales. \ 



Flowers moniecious. Cone diy, oiiening at maturity. 



Leaves deciiluous and ilelicate, linear, 2-ranked. Cone round and wooiiy, each shield- 



■shaped scale 2-seeded, [Tuxijiliuiu) JJai.d-Cvpuk.s.s. 



Leaves evergreen, small, scale-like and awl-shajiod (of two shapes). 



Cone woody and round; the scales sliield-shaped. {<'iiprf'ntiii.<<) CvPHKS.s * 



Cone of a few obhmg and nearly tlat loost- scales n'"ig. 4<v8), [Tinija] AuiioK-vn.t.* 



Flowers dicucious, or sometimes moniecious. Fnut composed of a few closed scah-.s, 



which become pulpy and form a sort of false berry, (Jttitipcrnn) JUNU'hH. 



in. YEW StIU'AMir.V. liuds scaly : h-aves linear. Fertile flower singl." at the end of a braticli, 

 ripening into a nut-like seed. Tins is enclosed iu an open and at length pulpy, berry-like red cup, 

 in our only genus, viz., {Tuxun) Vkw. 



* Our only Cuiirrssus is C. t/ii/niiOs, the WnrPK Ckoak, rather common South. The Ahbok-vit.*:, 

 Thujd occidenta'iii, so common Nortii, and cultivated for evergreeu hedges, is also called WnrrE, 

 Cedah. Our Red CEDAUis a Juniper. 



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