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XCV. CONIFER/E. 



Flowers separate. Barren, with 1 Stamen, or several Stamens with united Filaments, 

 collected into a deciduous Catkin. Fertile Flowers solitary or in cones. Ovules naked, pitcher- 

 like, open at top ; or in a scale-like Carpel arising from the axil of a bract, or inserted in the 

 base of the scales of a catkin. In F}phedra they are surrounded by an involucrum. Cotyledons 

 2 or more, verticillate. 



736. EPHEDRA. 



1. distacliya. Barren Catkins in stalked 

 clusters ; fertile 1-3, on opposite stalks. s.S. 

 5, 6. Bandy shores, s. Fr. s. It. rocks. Vail, 

 s. Tyrol. 



2. uebrodensis. " Stems tmsted : joints 

 somewhat separating. Branches slender, crowd- 

 ed. All Catkins sessile : barren solitary, or 

 several together ; fertile solitary, opposite, or 

 scattered, -wr. 5, 6. Stony hills. Madonie. 

 occ." — Guss. 



3. fragilis. (Stems climbing, Guss.) Joints 

 easily separating. Branches numerous. Bar- 

 ren Catldns numerous, crowded, sessile ; fertile 

 sometimes solitary, on short stalks, -w. 4, 5. 

 Sandy shores. Girgenti. 



737. TAXUS. 



1. baccata. L. in two ranks, crowded, 

 linear, acute. Fertile flowers axillary, sessile. 

 1. evergreen T. 3, 4. Hill woods. Eng. 

 Norm. Jura. Abr. Alps. 



738. JUNIPERUS. 



A. L. widely spreading. 



1. nana. L. 3 in a whorl, incurved, 

 lineari-lanceolate, pungent, channeled, and ob- 

 tusely keeled. Berry ovoid, equalling the L. 

 s.S. 7, 8. Rocky mountains. Alps. Boh. 

 Sicily. 



2. communis. L. 3 in a whorl,- linear, 

 somewhat pungent, chamieled, obtusely keeled. 

 Berry hardly half as long as L. S. 5. Dry 



heaths. 



3. Oxycedrus. L. 3 in a whorl, with 2 

 furrows above, and an acute keel beneath, pun- 

 gent, ascending. Differs from Species 4 in 

 having a much smaller, and shining red fruit. 

 — Koch. s.T. Abr. Garg. mdt. Fr. Istr. 



4. macrocarpa. L. 3 in a whorl, linear, 

 acuminate, pungent, with 2 furrows above, aud 

 an acute keel below. Fr. ovate or globose. 



pruinose, as long as or longer than L. — Koch. 

 l.S. 5. Fiume. K. Nap. Rome. 



5. Iiobelii. L. 3 in a whorl, lineari-subu- 

 late, pungent, with 2 furrows above, and an 

 obtuse keel beneath. Fr. oval, attenuate, ex- 

 ceeding L. S. 12, 1. Sandy shores, s. and 

 e. Sicily. 



B. Leaves closely tiled. 



6. turbinata. L. ovate, all tiled in 4 rows, 

 with an oblong furrow on the back: the 

 younger somewhat acute, approximate. Berry 

 top-shaped and tubercled. S. 10, 11. Sandy 

 and. rocky shores. Monte Allegro. Secciara. 

 Sicily. 



7. phoenicea. L. ovate, tiled in 6 rows 

 (4, Guss.), with a furrow on the back. Berries 

 spreading, spherical, brownish-red. S. 5. 

 Shores of Mdt. — Koch. 



8. Sabina. L. rhomboid or lanceolate, 

 acute, tiled in 4 rows, with a gland on the 

 back. Berrries on a recurved stalk, blue. S. 

 4, 5. Mountains. VaU. s. Tyr. Cal. 



CUPRESSUS. 



Cupressus sempervirens, with branches 4- 

 edged, erect ; L. obtuse, tiled in 4 rows ; Cone 

 nearly globose, with umboid, pointless scales, 

 is fi-equent in public walks in s. Europe. 



739. PINUS. 



A. L. in pairs. 



1. balepensis. Cones of a year old cer- 

 nuous, on stalks as long as themselves. Shield 

 of a mature cone slightly convex. Wing at 

 least tviice as long as nut. L. filiform. Branches 

 spreading. T. 3. Coasts, mdt. Fr. It. 



2. sylvestris. Cones of the year cemu- 

 ous, stalked. Shield of a mature cone with 

 sharp edges ; point somewhat deflexed. Wing 

 2 or 3 times nut. L. glaucous. Buds ovate, 

 prolonged. l.T. 5. Mountain woods. 



3. lyiughus. Cones of the year erect. 

 Stalk short. Shield of matui'e cone with a hori- 



