DicLiNiA CONIFERS. Junipcrus. 64/ 



root will cover sometimes a space of from fifteen to 

 twenty feet in diameter. 



2. J, foliis ternis basi adnatis, junioribus imbricatis, senio- virginiana. 



ribus patulis. Pf^illd. sp. pi. 4. p. 863. 



Icon. Mich. arb. 3. p. 42. t. 5. Wangh. amer. t.2.f. 51. 



In dry and rocky woods and fields : Province of Maine 

 to Georgia. Pj . May. v. v. The Red Cedar, so 

 useful and durable a wood, for whose history I refer 

 to Michaux's work so often quoted, is as yet in great 

 abundance in most parts of that country ; but its ex- 

 termination is going on so rapidly, that future inhabi- 

 tants will be very much at a loss, and will feel the 

 want of it when it is too late. 



3. J. foliis oppositis obtusis medio glandulosis, quadrifariam Sahina. 



imbricatis, tenellis acutis oppositis, caule fruticoso. 

 iS, Willd. sp. pi A. p. Q52. procumbens. 



In the clefts of rocks : Canada. Michaux. /3. Within 

 the Rocky-mountains. M. Lewis. Tj . v. s. in Herb. 

 Lewis. Not above six inches high. 



4. J. foliis oppositis obtusiusculis, medio glandulosis, qua- excelsa. 



drifariam imbricatis, tenellis acutis ternis patulis, caule 



arboreo. Willd. sp. pi. 4. p. 852. 

 J. Sabina varietas. Pall. ross. 2. p. 15. 

 On the banks of the waters of the Rocky-mountains, 



M. Lewis, ip . May. v. s. in Herh. Lewis. A lofty 



elegant tree. Specimens of Pallas in the Herbarium 



of A. B. Lambert, Esq. seem to be the same with 



those collected by Mr. Lewis. 

 .5. J. foliis omnibus quadrifariam imbricatis, junioribus ova- liarladensis. 



tis, senioribus acutis. JVilld. sp. pi. 4. p. 85 1. 

 Icon. Pluk.alm. t. \Q7.J.4. 

 On the coast of Florida. Michaux. V^ . v. v. in Hortis. 



711. TAXUS. Gen.pl. 1553. 



1- T. foliis linearibus distichis margine revolutis, receptacu- 

 lis masculis globosis. JVilld. sp. pi 4. p. 856. 

 T. baccata minor, Mich.Ji. amer. 2. p. 145. 

 In shady, rocky places : Canada. Michaux. On the 

 banks of the Antietum, Maryland, Ph. March, 

 April. V. V. The plants I observed on the Antietum 

 cover a great part of the rocky banks of that river. 

 Under the shade of other trees it does not rise above 

 two or three feet. 



car.adensis . 



