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scalelike open ovary in the axil of a membranous scale. 
Ovules in pairs on the inner face of the ovary, pointing to- 
wards the axis. 
3. Pinus. Male catkins crowded, racemose. Scales of the 
cone (carpels) thickened and angular at the end. Seeds 
with a crustaceous coat, winged. 
Tribe I. Taxinece. 
1. Taxus Linn. 
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. — /3. fastigiata; 1. scattered, fr. 
oblong, branches fastigiate. — Mountainous woods and limestone 
cliffs. (3. North of Ireland. T. III. IV. Yew. /3. Irish Yew. 
Tribe II. Cupressinea. 
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 incurved linear-lan- 
ceolate mucronate keeled equalling the ripe fruit. — E. B. S. 2743. 
■ — A prostrate shrub with longer berries and shorter leaves than 
the last. — Mountains. Sh. V. 
Tribe III. Abietinete. 
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. — Highlands. T. V. VI. Scotch Fir. 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. S. 
