EXPLANATION OF PLATE VIL 
F:js . PiNUs ptnea. Stone-pine. The fir tribe. (Family Conifer ce.) A native of 
the south of Europe. The head low and branching. Leaves of a sea-green colour, 
flcicular, forming an egret upon the summits of the branches. Strobilums large, ovate, 
thick; served up in desserts in Italy and France. This tree, accordmg to Loudon, 
forms a distinguished ornament of the villas of Rome and Florence. 
Fi^. 2. Abies pic ea. Fir-tree. {Coniferce.) Trunk rectilinear, vertical. Branches 
formmg a pyramid ; sub-verticillate, very open. Boughs pendent. Leaves small, 
linear, acute. Strobilums cylindrical, pendent. A tree common to mountainous re- 
gions in the north of Europe, and in the United States. 
Fig. 3. Cycas circinalis.* A small dioecious tree of India, resembling the palms 
in its aspect. Stipe vertical, cylindric. Leaves pinnate; leafets lanceolate Jinear. 
Petioles spinose. Spines leafy. Staminate flowers in a catkin. Pistillate flowers in 
spikes. A fertile plant showing the fructification at a. The pith of this plant afibrda 
an article called Sago, superior to that brought from the West Indies under that name. 
This was placed by Linnaeus in the family of the Palms, and afterward classed among 
Ferns. According to Mirbel's drawing and description, the first arrangement was 
most natural. 
Fig. 4. Fritillaria imperialis. Crown-imperial. {Ldliacece.) Bulbous plant, 
two or three feet in height; a native of Persia. Leaves radical, elongated, ensiform. 
Scape naked, vertical. Flowers large, terminal, peduncled, umbelled, pendent. Pe- 
rianth six-sepalled, campanulate. Bracts numerous, elongated, leafy, erect, crowning. 
Fig. 5. Lycopodium cernuum.f Stem erect, branching. Leaves scattered, seta- 
ceous, inflated. Spikes small, ovate, drooping. Cryptogamous. 
Fig. 6. Digitalis purpurea.t Fox-glove. {Scrophularice.) Biennial, native of 
mountainous and sandy regions of Europe. Stem generally simple, leafy belo\v. 
Leaves alternate, oval-lanceolate ; the radical leaves larger. Flowers in a spike, uni- 
lateral, peduncled, pendent. Corolla tubular, campanulate. 
Fig. 7. Narcissus poeticus.% {Narcissi or Amaryll ideas.) Bulbous plant, ten or 
twelve inches in height. Native in the meadows of Italy and the south of France. 
Leaves radical, erect, riband-like. Scape naked, uni-flowered. Flower drooping, 
epathaceous. 
Fig. 8. Lycopodium alopecuroides. Native of South America. Branches fall and 
take root at their extremities. Leaves linear, subulate. 
Fig. 9. DoDECATHEON meadia. {Primulacece.) Herbaceous plant, eight inches 
high ; originally a native of Virginia. Leaves radical, spreading, oblong. Scape 
naked, erect. Flowers pedicelled, umbelled, pendent. Corolla five-parted, the divi- 
sions reflexed. 
* This plant is the principal genus of an order not recognised by Jussieu, the Cycadese, first proposed by 
^entenat and established by M. Richard. In the cylindrical stem and pinnate leaves, this order reseinhle? 
the Palms ; in many other characteristics, particularly in the organization of the fruit, it approximates to tht 
Coniferse ; in the mode of developing leaves, it bears a relation to the Ferns. 
t This genus belontrs to the natural order Lycopodiaceae, being, according to Liiidley, " intermediate be- 
tween Ferns and Conifera; on the one hand, and Ferns and Mosses on the other ; related to the first of thoso 
tribes in the want of stamens and pistils ; to the second, in the aspect of the stems of some of the larger 
kinds ; and to the last, in their whole appearance " M. Brogiiiart supposes that in the primitive ages of the 
world, these plants attained a gigantic size, equal to the largest forest trees of the present day ; this opinion 
arises from discoveries made in coal mines, where, along with Ferns, aro found what appears like re- 
mains of species of this tribe. At present their habit resembles that of the Mosses ; they are usually low, 
pr<«trate plants. 
I Lindley says, Digitalis forms a connecting link between Scrophularia) and Solaneae in its relation to 
Verbascum, both genera having alternate leaves. 
§ This order is allied to Aspnodeleae and Liliacese, in the appearance of various organs, but distinguished 
from them by its inferior germ. The corona or nectarilerous cup of the Narcissus is considered by Lindley, 
to be nothing more than an organ formed of an extra nwmber of stamens, developed in a petaloid state. 
The same author remarks, that " there is in this whole order a strong tendency to fomi anoUier set of sta- 
Buniferotts organs between the perianth, and those stamens that actually develop." 
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