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the coast of British Columbia, Washington and 
Oregon. 
Whis-is the western red. cedar. closely. 
sembling the eastern Juniperus virginiana L. 
It differs from the latter in its stouter branch- 
lets and in having fruit which ripens the second 
vear, while that of Juniperus virginiana ripens 
the first year. 
This is evidently the tree which is reported 
in Macoun’s (*) Catalogue under the name of 
Juniperus occidentalis Hooker, as occurring on 
rocky points of Vancouver Island and small 
islands in the Gulf of Georeia. I have seensno 
specimens of Juniperus scopulorum from Van- 
couver Island, but specimens which I have ex- 
amined from San Juan Island, Washington, 
belong to this species. + 
* Macoun, j. Cat. Can. Pl. 1:463.1883: 
+ Two species of arborescent savin-leaved Junipers occur in the 
northwestern United States and it is possible that both are found in 
the interior of British Columbia. One, considered by Sargent to be 
the /untperus occidentalis of Hooker, is a tree with stout, terete 
twigs; leaves usually in threes, but occasionally even on the same 
plant in twos, minutely serrulate, conspicuously glandular; fruit 
large, its flesh filled with resin glands. This species is distributed 
generally at high altitudes from Idaho and eastern Washington south_ 
ward through the basin region to the California Sierras. It does not 
