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introduction to botany. 191
Cone.
Strobile, Conus, Strobilus. Fndt composed of many
membranaceous utricles^ concealed in the axillcB of very large,
dry hractecB, disposed in theform of a cone. PI. 18, fig. 12.
Roundish, Strobilus subrotundus. Cupressus semperrirens,
Juniperus communis.
Conical, conicus. Pinus sylvestris.
Ovoid, ovoideus. Pinus Pinea.
Cylindrical, cylindraceus.
bus.
Abies pectinata, Pinus Stro-
^ Berrylike, baccatus. Bractese juicy, and unite with
one another. Juniperus communis.
Bractean, bracteanus. Strobile formed of bracteas only
Alnus glutinosa, Juniperus comumnis, Thuya.
Pedunculean, pedunculeunus. Strobile formed of peduncules.
Pinus, Abies, Cedrus, Larix.
Cupule.
Ovoid, Cupida ovoidea, ovata. Pinus.
Angular, angulosa. Juniperus communis, Cupressus
sempervirens.
^ Woody, lignosa. Pinus Pinea.
Membranaceous, membranacea. Thuya occidentalis.
Boney, ossea. Schubertia disticha.
5[ Upright, erecta. Thuya, Cupressus, Juniperus.
Reversed, resupinata. Abies, Pinus, Larix, Cedrus.
^ Winged at bottom, hypopterata. Pinus, Abies, Larix,
Cedrus.—At first sight the cupule appears winged at top,
because it is reversed, but it is enchased in a prolongation
of the wing, which only grows at the bottom, and falls off.
Winged all round, peripterata. Thuya occidentalis.
5[ Headed, capitata. Limb swelled into a head. Larix.
Two-horned, bicornis. Limb prolonged into two small
diverging horns. Pinus.
OhWc^e, obliqua. Limb oblique and jagged. Cedrus.
The form, &c. of the utricles should be remarked.
Galbule.
Nut, Nux, Pseudocarpium, Galbulus. A kind of cone,
in which the bractecB are enlarged at top, form a sphere, and
scarcely open when ripe. Cupressus. PI. 18, fig. 15.