PINACE^ 



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Family i. Pinace^e. — Old name Coniferae. The pine family. 

 (Cone-bearing family.) Trees or shrubs, with resinous juice, mostly 

 awl-shaped or needle-shaped leaves, and monoecious or rarely dioecious 

 flowers in catkins, destitute of calyx or carolla. Three sub-families, 

 Abietineas, or proper pine family; Cupressineae, or cypress family; and 

 Taxinese, or yew family. All are evergreen excepting the Larches. 



