The elements of botany for beginners and for schools . Fio. 337. A pistil, that is, a scale of the cone, of a Larch, at the time of flower-ing; inside view, showing its pair of naked ovules. Pio. 338. Branohlet of the American Arbor-Vitse, considerably larger than innature, terminated by its pistillate flowers, each consisting of a single scale (anopen pistil), together forming a small cone. Flo. 339. One of the scales or carpels of the last, removed and more enlarged,the inside exposed to view, showing a pair of ovules on its base.

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