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Conifer®. 
— Ls acicular, linear-subulate or lanceolate-subulate, spread¬ 
ing, in whorls of 3 ..... . 2 
2. Ls linear-subulate, narrowed insensibly to a piercing 
point, spreading, straight. False berries V 2 — l /a the length 
of the Is. Common juniper.—Arid slopes, wood-edges; 
distrib. 4.communis L. 2560. 
— Ls lanceolate-subulate, broader, shorter and more sud¬ 
denly contracted to a point which is less piercing, 
spreading-curved inwards, or almost applied-imbricated. 
False berries almost as long as the ls. Lower shrubs 
prostrate and ascending. — Alp. and high Alp.; Reculet 
and Dole in the Jura. 7 . . nana Willd. 2561. 
670. Cupressus. Cypress. XXI, 4a. 
1. Branches and twigs erect (as in the poplar of avenues); 
twigs 4-cornered. Ls scale-like, small, obtuse, imbri¬ 
cated in 4 rows. Cones 30—40 mm long. —Cultivated in 
shrubberies in warm parts. 4 f sempervirens L. 2562. 
671. Thuia. Thuia. XXI, 4a. 
1. Branches ramified in a horizontal plane. Ls on the 
surface of this plane with a glandular callosity below 
the tip. Cones small, 10 —15 ram long, light brown.— 
In shrubberies, hedges and cemeteries. 4 
f occidentalis L. 2563. 
— Branches ramified in a vertical plane. Ls with a longi¬ 
tudinal furrow on the back. Cones larger than in the 
last, covered with a bluish bloom. — Less commonly cul¬ 
tivated than the last. 4 . . f orientalis L. 2564. 
672. Pinus.*) Pine. XXI, 5. 
1. Ls 5 together in a sheath. Seeds not winged, almost 
the size of a hazel-nut, edible. (Siberian Stone-Pine.)— 
Alp. up to 2200 m, especially in Gf. and W., very scat¬ 
tered elsewhere. 6 . . . . Cembra L. 2565. 
— Ls 2 together in a sheath. Seeds winged, small . 2 
2. Cones distinctly peduncled, the peduncle reflexed im¬ 
mediately after flowering. Boss of the scales flat. Ls 
glaucous inside (4—6 cm long). Heart-wood reddish. 
Scotch Fir. — Woods, up to 1500 m. 5 sylvestris L. 2566. 
— Cones sessile or very shortly peduncled, spreading ob¬ 
liquely and horizontally at a later stage . . 3 
3. Ls glaucous, 10—15 cm. Buds of the twigs acuminate 
with a beak. Boss of the scales pale yellow, faintly 
convex, the umbilicus shining and with no blackish 
ring. Heart-wood blackish gray. P. nigricans Host.— 
*) According to Christ. 
