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PINACEiE. 



BACCIFER^. 



S.D. L— DaCRYDIUM,— The Gum-exuding Pine. 

 S.D. IL— JUNIPERINE-^. — The Juniper Tribe. 



§ 1. — Cupressoides. — The Cypress-like. 



§ 2. — Oxycedrus. — The Prickly Cedar. 



§ 3. — Sabinoides. — The Savin-like. 

 S.D. III— PODOGARPE^.— The Pruit Poot-stalked Pine Tribe. 



§ 1. — Calophyllus. — The Beautiful-leaved. 



§ 2. — Stachycarpus. — The Spike-fruited. 

 S.D. lY— SyMMORPHAPITE^. — The Allied Pine Tribe. 



§ 1. — Ch86tocladus. — The Bristle-like Branched. 



§ 2. — Phyllocladus. — The Leaf-Hke Branched. 



§ 3. — Pterophyllus. — The Peather-like Leaved. 



v.— TaXINE-^.— The Yew Tribe. 



§ 1. — Cephalotaxus. — The Cluster-flowered. 



§ 2. — Foetataxus. — The Strong Odored. 



§ 3. — Squamataxus. — The Scale-fruited. 



§ 4. — Verataxus. — The True or Prototype. 



CHAPTEE III. 



division one. 

 Conifers. 



Flowers. These are what are termed catkins, and are of the two 

 sexes, male and female ; the males are the floral organs which produce 

 the pollen dust or fecundating powder, and after having performed 

 their functions fade and disappear; the females have no petals or 

 bloom-leaves, as in other more perfectly formed flowers, being minus 

 pericarpal adornments, and composed of naked ovules or embryo-scales ; 

 vdiich, after receiving the pollen dust from the male catkins, become 

 fertile, and begin to grow, gradually developing themselves until the 

 cone and its seeds are perfectly matured ; so that the female flowers 

 may in truth be termed the embryo or premature cones : in some of the 



