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filament. Fertile filament, globose, three scales, coadu- 

 nate, stigma gaping. Berry formed bj the united fleshj 

 scales, inclosing one to three nuts. 



Sp, Juniperus communis, L. Shrubby erect, leaves 

 alternate, spreading, linear, mucronate, shining above, 

 glabrous beneath. Instead of giving the full description of 

 this well known shrub, which the above, and the figure 

 is amply sufficient to distinguish, I shall add the cha- 

 racters of some other species, which possess similar 

 qualities, and which I mean to include in this article. 



2. Sp. Juniperus depressa^ Raf. 1817. (/. com- 

 munis Big. fig. 44.) Stems cespitose, depressed, spread- 

 ing, decumbent. Leaves ternate, spreading, subulate, 

 mucronate, with a white stripe above, convex beneath, 

 as long as the berries: staminate, amentsternate, sessile, 

 oboyate. Berries smooth, elliptic. Considered as a 

 variety of the former by many botanists, but very dis- 

 tinct, berries larger, branches trigone, forming circular 

 bushes, twelve to fifteen feet round. In New York, 

 New England, Canada, &c. The Dwarf Cedar, found 

 by Lewis and Clarke on the Yellow Stone river, with 

 branches spreading like vines, and rooted beneath, is per- 

 haps the same, or a peculiar kind /. radicatus : or the 

 following: 



3. Sp. Juniperus pro strata, N. Stems prostrate, creep- 

 ing. Leaves imbricate in four rows, ovate, submucro- 

 nate, glandular. Berries oblong, tubercular. On sea 

 shores, lakes, &c. of the Northern States, called 

 Dwarf Cedar. 



5. Sp. Junipems virginiana. L. (or common Red 

 Cedar.) Arborescent. Leaves imbricate, in three or 

 four scaly rows, ovate, lanceolate, young ones acerose, 

 expanding. Berries globose, tubercular. This tree is 

 spread all over North America^ in the South it reaches 

 fifty feet. 



5. Sp. Juniperus bermudiana. L. (Sea side Red 

 Cedar.) Arborescent, inferior, leaves ternate, upper 

 leaves _ opposite in four rows, decurrent, subulate, 

 spreading, pungent: berries purple. In the Bermuda 

 Islands and the sea shore of Carolina, Florida, &c. The 

 three last species called Cedars in America, (the true 

 Cedar is the Larix Cedrus of Syria) have often been 



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