‘Onpex XI.—MONADELPHIA. 
806, JUNIPERUS. £. Juniper.) 
Mase. Ament ovate. Calix consisting of 
scales. Stamina $. Fem. Calix 3-parted. 
Petals 32 Styles 3. Berry 1. or 2-sceded,. tue. 
bercular, Seeds nuciform, 
Arborescent, shrubby or suffruticose,. branche, 
alternate; leaves opposite, or verticillatecin 3s 01 im- 
48, 
d : bricated or spreading,. pungently acute or partly obtuse;. 
. aments.terminal, or with the berries axillary. 
On the sandy shores of lake Huron, abundant... 2..wirgin- 
jana. (Red.Cedar.), Has. From. Canada to Florida, © id 
onthe banks of the Missisippi and Missouri to their 
sources. Oss. Younger leaves spreading, the older 
only imbricated. 5S. *repens. Stem. prostrate, repent; 
leaves pungent, imbricated by 4s; berries large and con- 
spicuously tubercular.. J: prostrata?’ Persoon,. =ir 632. 
Has: Gn the sandy shores of lake Huron, and 2 On. 
the high hills of the Missouri, near Fort Man 
species sufficiently distinct and remarkable; never risi 
from the surface of the ground, its diffuse branches. pro- 
duce a dense and verdant carpet. 4. Sudina. (Savin.) 
5. excelsa. Indigenous to Siberia.and the sources of the 
Missouri. 6. darbadensis. In Florida. 
__ A genus of about 15 species, principally indigenous to 
North America as far as the tropic, also to roe: the 
Levant and. Northern Asia. 
* sor: TAXUS. L..(¥Yew Tree.) 
- Mase.  Galia consisting of 4 to 6 opposite 
imbricated scales. Corolla none. Sta 
rous column 5?-cleft: at the summit; 
_ tate, 6 to 8-lobed. Fem.. Style none. 
cle cup-shaped, Jecouliele Mut ovate, nak 
Trees-cr shrubs with alternate Linanchieny; ieaven'alBete:. 
nate, linear and sempervirent, mostly distichal; flower 
buds solitary and axillary; ber impeene —: 
ofa a.cup peeing the seed... 
te . as 
Becta 
Srecres, 1: J: communis. (Common Juniper.) v.v. Zs 
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