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ONeedles about 1 cm. long, sharp, in whorls of three 2. Je communis 
ye pNeedles about 1 mm. long, opposite, the branchlets 
cordlikey a weal J. Je scopulorum, 
2e Juniperus L. Juniper. 
Trees or Shrubs, with needle-like or scale-like leaves; in our 
species if needle-like, in whorls of three curving toward the apex, if 
scale-like, in opposite pairs, closely pressed to the branchlet, the 
branchlets appearing like fishing cord, the staminate and ovulate cones 
borne on separate plants, stamens bearing several anther sacs, the ovulate 
cones subglobose, formed of 2-3 series of fleshy, more or less coalescent 
sporophylls which at maturity form a berry-like, aromatic fruit maturing 
the second season, enclosing 1-3 bony seeds. Cotyledons several. 
le Je SCopulorum Sargt. “amr Juniper , ——~—>A small tree with ovate 
dense crown, subacute at the apex, bluish green and glaucous, rarely more 
than 4-5 m. tall in our region; bark very scaly, falling away, ashy with a 
reddish or lavender tinge; pranches curving upwards, rarely if ever drooping 
in our region, branchlets gray, smooth, soon scaly, brown in the second year, 
covered with the persistent leaves, new growth green, columar, 1 mm or 
less in diameter; needles 1-1.3 mme long, ovate-subulate, acute, in opposite 
pairs, overlapping, decurrent, closely pressed to the branchlet, glaucous 
toward the base, the gland oval, obscure, hardly depressed, without resin, 
seated above the ansle formed by the next lower pair of leaves; staminate 
cones yellow, 3-4 mm. longs, borne on the tips of the branchlets, berries 
born throughout on short lateral branches, ovoid, 5-6 mm. long, very glaucous, 
bluish at maturity, maturing the second year; seeds commonly 2-35.5 mm. long, 
with three more or less distinct longitudinal ridges on the back. 
A rare tree with us, seen only in the Priest Lake region, on the j 
rocky ledges of Upper Priest Lake and in rock crevices of cliffs on Lion's 
Head, 5000 feet or more. 
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