EXPLANATION OF PLATE VII. 
Fig. 1. Pinus pinea. Stone-pine. The fir tribe. (Family Coniferee.) A native of 
the south of Europe. The head low and branching. Leaves of a sea-green colour, 
acicular, forming an egret upon the summits of the branches. Strobilums large, ovate, 
thick; served up in desserts in Italy and France. This tree, according to Loudon, 
forms a distinguished ornament of the villas of Rome and Florence. 
Fig. 2. Abies picea. Fir-tree. ( Conifer< b .) Trunk rectilinear, vertical. Branches 
forming 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-linear. 
Petioles spinose. Spines leafy. Staminate dowers in a catkin. Pistillate flowers in 
spikes. A fertile plant showing the fructification at a. The pith of this plant affords 
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. ( Jhiliacece.) 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, campanulatc. Bracts numerous, elongated, leafy, erect, crowning. 
Fig. 5. Lycopodium cernuum. + Stem erect, branching. Leaves scattered, seta¬ 
ceous, inflated. Spikes small, ovate, drooping. Cryptogamous. 
Fig. 6. Digitalis purpurea.t Fox-glove. ( Scropkularice .) Biennial, native of 
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.% {Narcissi or JLmaryllidece.) 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, 
spathaceous. 
Fig. 8. Lycopodium alopecuroid.es. 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 <pf Virginia. Leaves radical, spreading, oblong. Scape 
naked, erect. Flowers pedicelled, umbelled, pendent. Corolla five-parted, the divi¬ 
sions re flexed. 
* This plant is the principal genus of an order not recognised by Jussieu, the Cycade®, first proposed by 
Ventenat.and established by M. Richard. In the cylindrical stem and pinnate leaves, this order resembles 
the Palms ; in many other chai acteri Tics, particularly in the organization of the fruit, it approximates to the 
Conifer® ; in the mode of developing leaves, it bears a relation to the Ferns. 
f This genus belongs to the natural order Lycopodiace®, being, according to Lindley, “intermediate be¬ 
tween Ferns and Conifer® on the one hand, and Ferns and Mosses on the other; related to the first of those 
tribes in the want of stamens and pistHs; to the second, in the aspect of the stems of some of the larger 
kinds ; and to the last, in their whole appearance.” M. Brogniart 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, are found what appears like re¬ 
mains of species of this tribe. At present their habit res'embles that of the Mosses ; they are usually low, 
prostrate plants. 
I Lindley says, Digitalis forms a connecting link between Scrophulari® and Solane® in its relation to 
Werbascum, both genera having alternate leaves. 
§ This order is allied to Asphodele® and Liliace®, in the appearance of various organs, but distinguished 
from them hy its inferior germ. The corona or nectariferous cup of the Narcissus is considered by Lindley, 
to be nothing more than an organ formed of an extra number of stamens, developed in a petaloid state. 
The same author remarks, that ‘ there is in this whole order a strong tendency to form another set of se¬ 
miniferous organs between the perianth, and those stamens that actually develop.” 
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