IP s t e I 6 i a 201 



Section Oxycedrus. Endlicher, Syn. Conif. 8. 



1847- 



Leaves ternately whorled, linear-subulate, 



spreading, jointed to the stem. Flowers ax- 

 illary, the staminate solitary, with numerous 

 minute sterile scales below the opposite stamens. 

 Scales of the pistillate flowers ternately whorled; 

 ovules three, alternate with the scales of the 

 distal whorl, their tips enlarged and exserted. 

 Fruit with one to three free seeds. Eight or 

 ten species. Only the following with its varie- 

 ties is found in North America. 



Juniperus communis Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 1040. 



1753- 



Juniper. 



A small tree, or a more or less dwarf shrub, 

 often forming dense mats about one meter high 

 and four meters or more in diameter; leaves 

 5-20 millimeters long, 1-2 millimeters wide, 

 ternately whorled, spreading almost at right 

 angles to the stem, linear lanceolate, sharply 

 acuminate, dark green on the lower side, white 

 glaucous above; scales of pistillate flower ter- 

 nately whorled, the distal whorl becoming fleshy 



