79. TRILUAtsS:. 821 



— A prostrate shrub with longer berries and shorter leaves than 

 the last.4-.Mouiitains.'..Sh. V. " E.S.I. 



Tribe III. Abietinece. 



3. Pi'nits Linn. Scotcli Fir. 



1. P. sylvei'tris (L.) ;.l. in pairs, young cones stalked recurved 

 o void-conical,, wing thrice as long as the, seed., — A lofty tree. 

 Cones of this species have been found at considerable depths in 

 the Irish bogs and EngHsh fens. — Highlandsi'i T. V. VI, S. I. 



[" Three Pines, distinguished by their cones, have been dis- 

 covered in Ireland, P. Syfoesim, P. Pinea,and P. Pinaster: a 

 few successors of thp latter are said to exist in the neighbourhood 

 of Tarbert, feerry ; and some fine specimens of native?, sykestris, 

 not planted by human hand, may be seen at Coolhamuck, on a 

 hillside near Carrick on Suir, Waterford." Wilde's Cat. Antiq. 

 £. I. A. 199. See Cyh. Hiber. 276.] 



Class II. 

 MONOCOTYLEDONES or ENDOGENS. 



Stems destitute of medullary rays, consisting of cellular 

 tissue amongst which, the vascular tissue is mixed in bun- 

 dles, increasing by the addition of new matter within. 

 Leaves mostly alternate and sheathing, with parallel simple 

 veins connected by smaller transverse ' ones, rarely net- 

 veined. Cotyledon one, or if more they are alternate. 



Division I. DICTYO^ENiE. 



Leaves net-veined. Floral envelopes whorled. 

 Order LXXIS. , TEILLIACE^^. 



Perianth inferior, 6- or 8-parted ; in 2 whorls J outer whorl or 

 calyx herbaceous ; inner Or ooroUa coloured, or in our plant her- 

 baceous. Stam. 6 — 10. Anth. Hnear ; filaments subulate. Ovary 

 superior, 3-*^5-ceUed. Ovules indefinite in number, in two rows 

 in each cell Styles as many as the cells, distinct ; stigmas in- 

 conspicuous. Fr. succulent, not bursting. . Seeds with a leathery 

 skin. Embryo minute, in fleshy albumen. 



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