EXPLANATION OP PLATE VII. 
FifJ . VisvBpinea. Stone-pine. The fir tribe. (Family C«m(/er<E.) AnatI'vo«f 
the south of Europe. The head low and branching. Leaves of a sea-green colour, 
tcicular, 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 Floren se. 
Fi§. 2. Abies pu-ea. Fir-tree. {Coni/ertE.) Trunk rectilinear, vertical. Branches 
forming a pyramid ; sub-verticillate, very open. Boughs pendent. Leaves small, 
linear, acute. Strobilums cyUndrical, 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, cyUndric. Leaves pinnate; leafets lanceolate- linear. 
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 affords 
an araicle 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. Lycopodicm cernuum.f Stem erect, branching. Leaves scattered, seta- 
ceous, inflated. Spikes small, ovate, drooping. Cryptogamous. 
Fig. 6. Digitalis purpurca.t Fox-glove. (Scrophularia:.) Biennial, native ol 
mountainous and sandy regions of Europe. Stem generally simple, leafy below. 
Leaves alternate, oval-lanceolate ; the radical leaves larger. Flowers in a spike, uni- 
lateral, peduncled, pendent. Corolla tubular, campanulate. 
Fig. 7. Narcissus poeticus.% {Narcis^ 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 alopecur aides. Native of South America. Branches fall and 
take root at their extremities. Leaves linear, subulate. 
Fig. 9. DoDEcATHEON meudia. {Primulacea;.) 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 
eions reflexed. 
* This plant is the principal genus of an order not recognised by Jussieu, the Cycadeae, first proposcil by 
Ventenat and established by M. Richard. In the cylindrical slem and pinnate leaves, this order resemble* 
tta Palms ; in many other characteristics, particularly in the organization uf the fruit, it approximates to tht> 
Jonifera! ; in the mode of developing leaves, it bears a relation to the Ferns. 
t This genus helonirs to the natural order Lycopodiacete, being, according to Lindlcy, " intermediate be- 
tween Ferns and Conifera; on the one hand, and Ferns and Mosses on the other ; related to the first of those 
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 tha 
world, these plants attsiined a gigantic size, equal to the largest forest trees of the present day ; this ouiniod 
arises from diticoveries made in coal mines, where, along with Ferns, are found what appears like re 
mains of species of this tribe. At present their habit resembles that of the Mosses ; they are usually low 
prostrate plants. 
J Lindley says. Digitalis forms a connecting link between ScrophulariiB and Solanoae in its lelation H 
Vcrbascum, both genera having alternate leaves. 
§ This order is allied to Asphodeleie and Liliacese, in the appearance of various organs, but distinguifihea 
fr>m them by its inferior germ. The corona or nectariferous cup of the Narcissus is considered by Lindley 
kt ho nothing more than an organ formed of an extra inmber of stamens, developed in a petaloid state 
f •# <ame author remarks, that " there is in this whole crder a strong tendency to foRB euiotiier aoi of irta- 
r/> feroui organs between the perianth, and those stamens that actually develop." 
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