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blended by writers and described for each other. They 

 all have small rough berries, with only one or two seeds, 

 three stamina, or rather anthers, three internal scales, 

 (called corolla,) in the female ament, and three styles. 

 They ought to form a peculiar sub-genus, which I pro- 

 pose to call Euxylon^ meaning good wood- 



6. 'Sp. Juniperus Sabina (Savin.) Shrubby, leaves 

 opposite, in four rows, glandular, lanceotate, commonly 

 obtuse. On rocks in Canada and New England. Seve- 

 ral species are blended here; the American, Asiatic, and 

 European kinds are perhaps different 5 a low variety of 

 specie 3d, has often been mistaken for it. 



HISTORY. A fine and useful genus of Evergreens, 

 Trees, and Shrubs, highly valued as ornamental in gar- 

 dens for hedges, the medical berries, and the fine wood 



_ i kinds. They are chiefly found in the cold 

 climates of the two hemispheres. A great confusion 

 exists among our Botanical writers respecting our Ame- 

 rican species. The /. depressa has repeatedly been 

 considered as /. communis, and figured even as such by 

 Bigelow, who also can hardly distinguish the Savin from 

 the Cedar. The characters must be sought for in the 

 berries and flowers. The Cedar varies much with age 

 and soil, and some even deem the fifth specie one of its 

 varieties; but its purple berries are peculiar. I have 

 no materials before me to notice the flowers of all the 

 species; but the berries are as follows: 



1. J. communis. Berries globose, pediculated, small, 

 much shorter than the leaves, smooth, three seeded, 

 bluish. 



2. /- depressa. B» elliptic, subsessile, nearly as long 

 as the leaver, smooth, tliree seeded, glaucous. 



3. Jprostrata. B. oval, oblong, warty, two seeded, 

 bluish. 



4. /. virginiana. B. oval, globose, small, warty, one. 



or two seeded, glaucous, bluis 



5. /. bermudiana. B- globose, warty, purplish. 



6, J, sabina. Four kinds or sp. at lea^t. 1. Exceha 

 or arboreous; berries blackish, one seeded, globular. 

 Found in Asia and Oregon, in the U. S. 2. Rupe^tris^ 

 or Rocky Savin of Canada; berries blue, ovoid, two 

 seeded, (dark blue.) 3, Cupressiforme of Europe, with 



