FAM. 11, 12, 13. 25 



fertile aments terminal, globose; cones woody, globose; carpel- 

 lary scales peltate; seeds slightly winged or merely angled, 



Chamaecyparis (Cupressus) 

 C. thyoides (sphaeroida), White Cedar, Cypress. Middle-sized, strongly scented 

 tree; the scale-like leaves 4-ranked, imbricated; cones small; scales with 

 points on the back, at length widely spreading. Wet sandy places towards 

 the coast. 

 2. Flowers mostly dioecious; sterile aments very small, 3-6 together, ter- 

 minal on the branchlets; fertile aments subglobose; cones berry- 

 like, seeds wingless, ----- Sabina or Juniperus 

 S. barbadensis, Southern Red Cedar. Shrub or small tree with reddish, odor- 

 ous wood; cones small, blue, covered with a bloom. Low sandy places. 

 Among the cultivated Conifers are the Araucaria excelsa, Norfolk Island Pine 

 in pots; for the open ground Araucaria Bidwillii, Bunya-Bunya Pine; several species 

 °f Cupressus or Cypress, and some of the Pines, as: Pinus excelsa or Botan Pine 

 and P. Halepensis or Jerusalem Pine. 



Spermatophyta. Monocotyledones. 



11. Typhaceae, Cat-tail Family. 



Marsh-herbs with simple stems; leaves sheathing at 

 the base, linear; flowers monoecious in dense spikes, the 

 staminate spikes above the pistillate. 



Typha latifolia. Stems tall, leaves long; spikes dark brown with the fertile and 

 sterile portions contiguous. Margins of rivers and ponds. Summer. 



T. angustifolia. Stems tall, leaves long; spikes light brown with the fertile part 

 separate from the sterile part. Marshes near the coast. Summer. 



12. Pandanaceae, Screw-pine Family. 



Mainly woody plants with stilt-like aerial roots and 

 ong, sword-like, spiny leaves, spirally arranged; the dioe- 

 lious flowers are rarely produced in cultivation. 



Pandanus utilis. Leaves green, erect, with red spines. 



P. Veitchii. Leaves dark green in the center, margined with broad bands of 



white. 

 P. baptistii. Leaves with a creamy-yellow stripe down the center. 

 P. Sanderi. Leaves with narrow lengthwise bands of golden yellow. 



13. Sparganiaceae, Bur-reed Family, 



Aquatic herbs with erect or floating stems, leaves nar- 

 row, sheathing at the base; flowers monoecious in dense 

 heads on the upper part of the stem and its branches, the 

 staminate above the pistillate. 



Sparganium androcladum. Leaves linear, glabrous; pistillate heads sessile 



