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3. Pinus. Male catkins crowded, racemose. Scales of the 
cone (carpels) thickened and angular at the end. Seeds with 
a crustaceous coat, winged.—G. I’. G. Monochl. 6. 
Tribe I. Tazinee, 
1. Taxus Linn. Yew. 
1. T. baccata (L.); 1. 2-ranked crowded linear acute, fl. axil- 
lary sessile.—E. B. 746.—A low tree, trunk often attaining a very 
considerable bulk. Fr. roundish.—f. T. fastigiata (Lindl.); 1. 
scattered, fr. oblong, branches fastigiate——Mountainous woods 
and limestone cliffs. §. North of Ireland. T. III. IV. Yew. 
B. Irish Yew. 
Tribe II. Cupressinee. 
2. Juniperus Linn. 
1. J. communis (L.); 1. 3 in each whorl spreading linear sub- 
ulate mucronate keeled longer than 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, espe- 
cially on a calcareous soil. Sh. V. Juniper. 
2. J. nana (Willd.); 1. 3 in each whorl incwved linear-lan- 
ceolate mucronate keeled equalling the ripe fruit.—E. B. 8. 2743. 
—A prostrate shrub with longer berries and shorter leaves than 
the last.—Mountains. Sh. V. 
Tribe III. Abietinee. 
3. Pinus Linn. 
1. P. sylvestris (L.); 1. in pairs, young cones stalked recurved 
ovate-conical, wing thrice as long as the seed.—E. B. 2460.—A 
lofty tree. Cones referred by the late Prof. Don to P. Mughus (a 
variety of this species) have been found at considerable depths in 
the Irish bogs.—Highlands. T. V. VI. Scotch Fir. Ss. 
