[190] See also Clos., 'Mem. Acad. Toulouse,' sixth ser., t. iii, pp. 294–305. Scott, 'Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh,' t. viii, p. 60. Wigand, 'Flora,' 1856, p. 707.
[191] Professor Dickson concludes from the examination of these structures that the male cone, consisting of simple stamens developed on one common axis, must be regarded as a simple male flower, while the axillary scales of the female cone are by him compared with the flattened shoots of Ruscus.
[192] 'Linnæa,' xiv, 367.
[193] Rev. Hortic.,' January, 1867.
[194] See Royle, 'Man. Materia Medica,' ed. 1, p. 567.
[195] Thomson, 'Gardener's Assistant,' p. 577.
[196] 'Variation of Animals and Plants,' i, 353.
[197] Babington, 'Ann. Nat. Hist.,' vol. ix, 1852, p. 156.
[198] 'Phys. der Gewächse,' ii, p. 323.
[199] See also Schlechtendal, 'Linnæa,' viii, p. 623, and Lindley, 'Veg. Kingd.,' p. 315.