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acuminate, plicate, doubly serrate. Catkins monoecious, 

 pendulous. Male ones, one to two inches long, of ovate acute 

 bracts, each with five to" fourteen forked stamens : female ones, 

 two to four inches long, of three-lobed leafy bracts, each 

 with two flowers. Fruit a nut, a quarter of an inch long. 

 May. Central Europe and West Asia.— Vol. Ill, p. 17. 



GYMNOSPERMIA (CONE-BEARERS). 

 NATURAL ORDER, PINACE^ {PINE FAMFLY). 



Pinus Pinaster Ait. — Cluster Pine. Bark coarse, deeply 

 fissured longitudinally. Branches whorled, bending upward. 

 Needle-leaves in pairs, six to twelve inches long, light green. 

 Cones in star-like clusters of from four to eight together, 

 four to six inches long, glossy light brown, with ash-grey, 

 pointed " umbo " in the centre of each '' apophysis " or 

 enlarged end of the cone-scale. June. Mediterranean region, 

 —Vol. I., p. 33. 



P. Laricio Poiret. — Corsican Pine. Bark reddish grey; 

 scaling off in large, thin plates. Branches whorled, with a 

 lateral spiral twist round the tree. Needle-leaves in pairs, 

 four to eight inches long, dark green. Cones, one to three 

 together, two or three inches long, glossy, tawny, with a 

 very small, pointed umbo to each apophysis. June. Corsica 

 and the Maritime Alps.— Vol. II., p. 17. 



P. Finea L. — Stone Pine. Bark reddish grey, fissured 

 longitudinally, often deeply. Branches large, ascending, 

 rendering the tree flat-topped. Needle-leaves in pairs, five 

 to eight inches long, dark green. Cones solitary, sometimes 

 four inches wide, very light brown, with a broad, blunt 

 umbo to each apophysis. Seed large, edible, very slightly 

 winged. May, June. Possibly a native of China, but long 

 grown in the Mediterranean region. — Vol. II., p. 137. 



P. BylveBtria L.— Scots Fir. Bark red-brown, furrowed, 

 scaling, much as in P. Laricio. Needle-leaves in pairs, two 

 to three inches long. Cones, one to three together, ovoid 

 acute, one to two inches long, with deciduous umbo. Seed 



