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cone thickened and anpnilar at the end. Fr. with a crus- 
taceous coat. — G. F. G. Monochl. 6. 
Tribe I. Taxinece. 
1 . Tax'us Linn. Yew. 
, 1. T. haccdta (L.) ; 1. 2-ranked crowded linear acute, fl. axil- 
lary sessile. — E. B. 746. — A low tree, trunk often attainino; a very 
consiiderahle bulk. Fr. roundish. — T. fastigiata (Lindl.) is not 
even a permanent variety. It has scattered 1. and upright 
branches. Irish Yetc. — Mountainous woods and limestone clilFs. 
T. in. TV. Yeic. E. S. I. 
Tribe II. Cupressinece. 
2. jTranp'ERTjs Linn. Juniper. - 
1. J. cmnmums (L.) ; 1. 3 in each whorl spreading linear sub- 
iJate mucronate keeled exceeding the ripe fruit. — £.£. 1100. — 
Fruticose, erect. L. with a broad flat shallow channel above, 
the keel beneath with a slender fun-ow. Berries black, tinged 
with blue, about half the length of the leaves. — Dry hills, espe- 
cially on a calcareous soil. Sh. V. E. S. I. 
2. J. nana OrViUd.) ; 1. 3 in each whorl incurved linear-lan- 
ceolate mucronate keeled equalling the ripe fi-uit. — E. B. S. 27^. 
— A prostrate shrub with longer berries and shorter leaves than 
the last.— :Mountains. Sh. V. E. S. I. 
Tribe III. Abietinece. 
' 3. Pi'xrs Linn. Scotch Fir. 
1. P. sylves'tris (L.) ; 1. in pairs, young cones stalked recurved 
ovoid-conical, wing thrice as long as the seed. — E. B. 2460. — A 
lofty tree. Cones of this species have been found at considerable 
depths in the Lish bogs and English fens. — Highlands. T. V. 
VI. S. 
[" Three Pines, distinguished by their cones, have been dis- 
covered [in Ireland], P. sylvedris, P. Pinea, and P. Pinaster : a 
few successors of the latter are said to exist in the neighbourhood 
of Tarbert, Kerry ; and some fine specimens of native P. sylvedris, 
not planted by human hand, may be seen at Coolnamuck, on a 
hUlside near "Carrick on Suir, Waterford." Wilde's Cat. Antiq. 
R. I. A. 199. Mr. 1). Moore of Glasnevin says the same, and 
also that Ahies exceha formerly grew in Great Britain.] 
