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7G. CONIFER.E. 
tcnninateil 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. 
aj)]iarently wantiii”;. 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. 
Trihe I. TAXINE^. Male fl. in catkins. Fem. fl. solitary, 
naked or hracteated. 
1. Taxus. Catkins of male fl. oval, scaly below, flowering at 
the top. Stam. numerous. Anth. peltate, 4 — 6-celled. 
Fem. fl. sc.aly below. Style 0. Ovule surrounded at the 
base by a ring which becomes a fleshy cupshaped disk sur- 
rounding the seed. — G. F. G. Monoclil. 14. 
Tr. II. CUPRESSINEjE. Male fl. in catkins. Anth. 4 — 7, 
inserted on the edge of the subpeltate scales. Fem. 11. few 
in a small catkin. Ovules pointing fi-om the axis. 
2. JuNiPERL's. 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. — G. F. G. Monochl. 12. 
Tr. III. ABIETINEjE. Fl. in catkins. Anth. 2, 1-celled, 
adnate to the underside of the scales. Fem. fl. a flat 
scalelike oj)en ovary in the axil of a membranous scale. 
0\ndes in pairs on the inner face of the ovary, pointing to- 
wards the axis. 
3. PiNU.s. Male catkins crowded, racemose. Scales of the 
cone (carpels) thickened and angular at the end. Seeds 
with a crustaceous coat, winged. — G. F. G. Monochl. 6. 
Tribe I. Taxinea. 
1. Taxus Xi/m. Yew. 
1. T. baccata (L.); 1. 2-ranked crowded linear acute, fl. axil- 
lary sessile. — E. B. 746. — Alow tree, trunk often attaining a very 
considerable bulk. Fr. roundish . — ^.fastigiata ; 1. scattered, fr. 
oblong, branches fastigiate. — Mountainous woods and limestone 
chfFs. /3. North of Ireland. T. III. IV. Yew. Irish Yew. 
Tribe II. Cupressinece. 
2. JuNiPERUs Lmn. 
1. J. communis (L.); 1. 3 in each whorl spreading linear-sub- 
