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Tr. III. ABIETINE^. Fl. in catkins. Anth. 2, 1-celled, 

 adnate to tlie underside of the scales. Fern, fl. a scalelike 

 open ovaiy in the axil of a membranous scale, bearing two 

 naked ovules pointing towards the axis [or, perhaps, fem. 

 fl. in pairs on an axillary scale.] Fr. winged. 



8. PrNus. Male catkins crowded, racemose. Scales of the 

 cone thickened and angular at the end. Fr. with a crus- 

 taceous coat. 



Tribe I. Taxineee. 



1. Tax'us Linn. Tew. 



1, T. baccdia (L.) ; 1. 2-ranked crowded linear acute, fl. axil- 

 lary sessile. — JH. B. 746. — A low tree, trunk often attaining a 

 very considerable bulk. Fr. roundish. — T. fastigiata (Lindl.) 

 is not even a permanent variety. It has scattered 1. and upright 

 branches. Irish Yew. — Mountainous woods and limestone clifis. 

 T. in. IV. Tew. E. S. I. 



Tribe II. Cupressinem. 

 2. jTjinp'EBiTS 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 hills, 

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



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

 ceolate mucronate keeled equalling the ripe fruit.— ^. B. S. 2743. 

 — A prostrate shrub with longer berries and shorter leaves than 

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



Tribe III. Abietinea. 

 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. — £. 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. 



