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AMENTACEjE CONIFERS. 
9. Corylus Linn. 
1. C. Avellana (L.) ; stip. oblong obtuse, 1. roundish-cordate 
acuminate, involucre of the ovoid fr. campanulate spreading torn 
at the margin.— E. B. 723. — A shrubby tree. Young twigs hairy 
and glandular. L. downy beneath. Male catkins long, pendu- 
lous. Fern. fl. in ovate buds. Stigmas bright crimson. — Hedges 
and copses. Sh. III. IV. Hazel Nut. 
10. Carpinus Linn. 
1. C. Betulus (L.) ; scales of the fruit 3-parted : segments 
lanceolate the middle one longest. — E. B. 2032.— A small tree. 
L. ovate, acute, plaited when young, deeply and sharply doubly 
serrate. — Damp clayey woods and hedges. T. V. Hornbeam. 
Order LXXVI. CONIFERS. 
Fl. monoecious or dioecious. Barren fl. of 1 or more mona- 
delphous stamens, collected in a deciduous catkin about a com- 
mon axis. Anth. of 2 or more lobes bursting outwards, often 
terminated by a scalelike crest. Fertile fl. usually in cones 
sometimes solitary. Ovary spread open in the shape of a scale 
and placed in the axil of a membranous bract in the solitary fl. 
apparently wanting. Ovules naked, in pairs on the face of the 
ovary and inverted, or (in the solitary fl.) erect. Fr. a cone, or 
solitary naked seed. Testa hard crustaceous. Embryo in the 
axis of fleshy albumen. Radicle next the apex. Ligneous tissue 
marked with circular disks. 
Tribe I. TAXINE/E. Male fl. in catkins. Fern. fl. solitary, 
naked or bracteated. 
1. Taxus. Catkins of male fl. oval, scaly below, flowering at 
the top. Stam. numerous. Anth. peltate, 4 — 6-celled. 
Fem. fl. scaly below. Style 0. Ovule surrounded at the 
base by a ring which becomes a fleshy cupshaped disk sur- 
rounding the seed. 
Tr. II. CUPRESSINEAl. Male fl. in catkins. Anth. 4—7, 
inserted on the edge of the subpeltate scales. Fem. fl. few 
in a small catkin. Ovules pointing from the axis. 
2. Juniperus. Anth. 4 — 7, 1 -celled, inserted on the lower 
edge of the scales. Scales of the fem. catkin imbricated, 
lower ones barren. Ovules 3, surrounded by a 3-fid fleshy 
involucre formed of the 3 uppermost connate scales of the 
catkin. 
Tr. III. ABIETINEJE. Fl. in catkins. Anth. 2, 1 -celled, 
adnate to the underside of the scales. Fem. fl. of a flat 
