Manual of the Southeastern Flora - Small
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2.
JUNIPERUS
Tribes
I. TAXODIEAE
Trees producing erect "
knees
" from the root-system: leaves
deciduous
.....
1.
TAXODIUM.
II CUPRESSEAE
Cones elongate:
scales
not
peltate
the tip apically thickened often
apiculate
or hooked below the apex.....
2.
THUJA.
Cones drooping: scales not hooked near the apex: seeds wingless: branchlets in horizontally disposed fronds.
Cones erect: scales hooked below the apex: seeds winged: branchlets in vertically disposed fronds.....
3.
BIOTA.
Cones nearly
globular
: scales peltate, the conspicuously thickened tops ending in short tips.....
4.
CHAMAECYPARIS.
III. JUNIPEREAE
Leaves
subulate
and spreading on the mature branches:
aments
axillary
, the
pistillate
with smaller scales at the top.....
5.
JUNIPERUS.
Leaves scale-like and
appressed
on the mature branches: aments
terminal
, the pistillate with larger scales at the top.....
6.
SABINA.