Gymnosperms

Ovules (and seeds) borne naked on sporophylls (or on scales projecting from sporophylls, which are usually arranged in cones. Microsporophylls bearing the pollen sacs also arranged in cones. Pollen deposited directly on the ovule Gymnosperms
Leaves all ± the same
Leaves less than 1 cm long, often reduced to decurrent scales. Seeds in cones
Erect trees or shrubs. Seed-cones 2–3 cm diam., becoming woody Cupressaceae
Adult leaves in whorls of 3, rarely 4 when leaves juvenile Callitris
Dorsal surface of leaf rounded. Leaves (including decurrent part) 2–4 mm long. Fruiting cones subglobular, up to 3 cm diam.; scales tuberculate, with a small dorsal point, united at the base. Trees or stunted shrubs up to 8 m high. Wolgan Valley northwards. DSF Callitris preissii