50 JUNIPERUS VIRGINIANA. 
Its habit and foliage abundantly distinguish it 
from the species in the last article. From the 
Juniperus Sabina, or common Savin of Europe, 
its botanical distinction is by no means easy. 
The general appearance and arrangement of the 
leaves in the full grown specimens of both is 
precisely the same, except that in the Red cedar 
the leaves are shorter and more compactly im- 
bricated, having an ovate form, while in the 
Savin they are somewhat longer and more remote, 
and may be called lanceolate, In the Red cedar 
they are also more universally and pungently 
acute. The characters of the latter species, 
which I have seen given by different botanists, 
are almost all defective, in ascribing to it ternate 
leaves, which, I believe, never exist except in 
imperfect or distorted specimens. Its more true 
character is as follows. Trunk arboreous, upper 
leaves imbricated in four rows, ovate, pungently 
acute. It is by no means certain that on mature 
examination all the present species of Juniper 
will be found ane distinct to be kept 
separate. 
The Red cedar, lias full grown, is a addline 
sized tree, though, on account of the value of its 
wood, it is seldom suffered to reach its full dimen- 
sions. The trunk is straight and decreases rapidly 
