Biota

Description

"Thuja orientalis; 1. a magnified fragment of a branch bearing a cone of male flowers; 2. a portion of a female branch; 3, 4. scales with naked ovules; 5. a vertical section of a ripe seed." -Lindley, 1853

Keywords

biota, Botany, branch, Chinese Arborvitae, cone, female branch, male flowers, ovule, plant, plants, Platycladus orientalis, scales, seed, Thuja orientalis, tree

Galleries

Trees: B

Source:

Lindley, John The Vegetable Kingdom (London, England: Bradbury & Evans, 1853)

Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman