Introduction to the Study of Palæontological Botany

by John Hutton Balfour

[Reign of Gymnosperms.]

Fig. 57. Fig. 59.

Fig. 58. Fig. 60.

Fig. 57. Pinus sylvestris, Scotch Fir.
Fig. 58. Abies excelsa, common Spruce Fir of northern Europe.
Fig. 59. Larix Europæa, the Larch, indigenous on the Alps of middle Europe.
Fig. 60. Cedrus Libani, Cedar of Lebanon.

The Gymnospermous plants of the present day are included in two natural orders, Coniferæ and Cycadaceæ. Under Coniferæ are enumerated the various species of Pine (Fig. 57), Spruce (Fig. 58), Larch (Fig. 59), Cedar (Fig. 60), Eutassa, Araucaria (Fig. 61), Sequoia, Cryptomeria, Taxodium, Cypress, Juniper (Fig. 70), Salisburia, Dacrydium, Yew (Fig. 71), etc.

Fig. 61. Fig. 65.