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Trite II. Cupressinece. 

 2. Jtjnip'eetjs Linn. Juniper. 



1. J. commUnis (L.) ; 1. ,3 in each whorl spreading linear su- 

 bulate mucronate keeled exceeding the ripe fruit. — E. B. 1100. — 

 Fruticose, erect. L. with a broad flat shallow channel above, 

 the keel beneath with a slender furrow. Berries black, tinged 

 with blue, about half the length of the leaves. — Dry hiUs, 

 especially on a calcareous soil. Sh. V. E. S. 1. 



2. J. nana (Willd.) ; 1. 3 in each whorl incurved linear lan- 

 ceolate mucronate keeled equalling the ripe fruit. — B. B. 8. 2743. 

 — A prostrate shrub with longer berries and shorter leaves than 

 the last. — Mountains. Sh. V. E. S. I. 



Tribe III. AbietinecR. 



3. Pi'ntjs Linn. Scotch Fir. 



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

 ovoid-conical, wing thrice as long as the seed. — JS. B. 2460. — 

 A lofty tree. Cones of this species have been found at con- 

 siderable depths in the Irish bogs and English fens. — Highlands. 

 T. V. VI. S. 



Class II. MONOCOTYLEDONES. 



Stems destitute of medullary rays, consisting of cellular 

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

 dies, 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. DICTYOGEN^. 



Leaves net-veined. Floral envelopes whorled. 



Order LXXX. TEILIIACE^. 



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



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