GYMNOGENS. 68 CONIFERS, — 
Leaves flat, emarginate, pectinately arranged, very white beneath ; cones 
erect, cylindrical, with very blunt close-pressed scales. 
Habitat, Alps of Europe. 
Quality. As in Pinus No. 1. 
Uses. Yields Strasburgh turpentine. 
JUNIPERUS. Linneus. 
Flowers dicecious or monecious. Cones ripening into fleshy galbules. 
1. J. communis Linneus.—(Common Juniver.) Fig. 105. 
Leaves spreading, acerose spiny-pointed, glaucous above, green below, i 
whorls of 3; galbule glaucous. ; 
Habitat. Woods of the North of Europe. 
Quality. Fruit irritant, diuretic, dia- 
\WG4 , 
GZ phoretie. 
7 Uses. Dropsy, gonorrhoea, leucorrhea 
wy Ad / \ Galbules employed in flavouring gi 
XW \\ 2. J. Sabina Linneus.—(SavD. 
AY) / . IW Fig. 106. 
SQ ( Yj ce Leaves close-pressed, ovate, short, 
WYO jj Q) A 4 . 
\\// Wy? scale-like, dull green; gal 
PS \ eH/ y, : i : nearly black. a 
y/ \ a Habitat, Europe, and temperate parts 
es FN} of Asia. 
dy ay) Quality, Acrid poison, local irritant, 
cen anthelmintic, emetic, purgativey 
RE: stimulant, emmenagogue. 
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106 
Uses. Amenorrhcea, chlorosis, chronic rheumatism 3; perpetual blisters. 
Fig. 105.—Juniperus communis; a, in male flower; b, fruit; 106. Juniperus Sabina in fruit. 
