﻿PINE 
  FAMILY 
  19 
  

  

  Vm. 
  JUNIPERUS 
  L. 
  

  

  Flowers 
  very 
  small, 
  lateral, 
  dioecious, 
  or 
  sometimes 
  mono3r- 
  

   cious. 
  Scales 
  of 
  the 
  staminate 
  flower 
  shield-shaped, 
  with 
  3-6 
  

   anther 
  cells. 
  Fertile 
  flowers 
  with 
  3-6 
  fleshy 
  scales 
  which 
  

   unite 
  into 
  a 
  berry-like, 
  1-3-seeded 
  fruit. 
  Leaves 
  awl-shaped 
  

   or 
  scale-shaped. 
  

  

  1. 
  J. 
  communis 
  L. 
  JUNIPER. 
  A 
  low, 
  spreading 
  shrub 
  (one 
  variety 
  

   prostrate 
  in 
  circular 
  masses). 
  Leaves 
  linear-awl-shaped, 
  with 
  needle- 
  

   like 
  points, 
  each 
  marked 
  with 
  a 
  distinct 
  stripe 
  of 
  bloom 
  along 
  the 
  

   center 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  surface, 
  borne 
  in 
  whorls 
  of 
  three. 
  Fruit 
  a 
  dark 
  

   blue 
  aromatic 
  berry, 
  \ 
  in. 
  or 
  more 
  in 
  diameter. 
  Grows 
  in 
  dry 
  pas- 
  

   tures 
  and 
  on 
  sterile 
  hillsides 
  N. 
  

  

  2. 
  J. 
  virginiana 
  L. 
  RED 
  CEDAR, 
  SAVIN. 
  Ranges 
  in 
  size 
  and 
  

   shape 
  from 
  a 
  low, 
  rather 
  erect 
  shrub, 
  to 
  a 
  conical 
  tree 
  90 
  ft. 
  high. 
  

   Leaves 
  of 
  two 
  kinds, 
  those 
  on 
  the 
  rapidly 
  growing 
  shoots 
  awl-shaped 
  

   and 
  pointed, 
  those 
  on 
  the 
  shortest 
  twigs 
  scale-shaped, 
  obtuse, 
  or 
  

   nearly 
  so, 
  and 
  closely 
  appressed 
  to 
  the 
  stem. 
  Fruit 
  small, 
  bluish, 
  

   with 
  a 
  white 
  bloom. 
  Found 
  all 
  the 
  way 
  from 
  British 
  America 
  to 
  

   Florida. 
  Wood 
  soft, 
  fragrant, 
  reddish, 
  exceedingly 
  durable 
  in 
  the 
  

   ground, 
  valued 
  for 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  moth-proof 
  chests 
  and 
  espe- 
  

   cially 
  for 
  lead 
  pencils. 
  

  

  