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and smaller leaves, partially imbricated, and more compact, and 

 in o^rowinff much taller. 



It is found in the Azores and adjoining islands. 



No. 12. JuNiPERUS TAXiFOLiA, Hooker, the Yew-leaved 



Juniper. 



Leaves, in whorls of three, linear, slightly rounded at the 

 point, rigid, spreading, upper side hollow, two furrowed, and 

 glaucous, the under-one smooth, dark. green, with a strong ele- 

 vated rib along its centre, terminating in a blunt point, and 

 without any footstalk. Branches, few, scattered on the stem, 

 rather spreading, and pendulous at the ends, smaller ones 

 angular, pendulous, and but little forked, flexible, and of a dull 

 yellow colour. Berries, very small, solitary, globular, smooth 

 on the surface, and of a glaucous violet colour when ripe, nearly 

 sessile, or on very short branchlets, imbricated with oval-pointed 

 short leaves. 



A small bush, on the Mountains of Japan, not yet introduced, 

 and probably only a variety of Dr. Siebold's Juniperus rigida. 



Section II. SABINA. The Savin Junipers. 



Leaves, in opposite pairs, mostly awl-shaped, slightly diver- 

 gent, and loosely imbricated in the adult plants. 

 Berries, mostly very small, and numerous. 



No. 13. Juniperus Bermudiana, LinncBus, the Bermuda, or 



Pencil Cedar. 

 Syn. Juniperus oppositifolia, M'dnch. 

 „ „ Barbadensis, LinncBus. 



„ „ Cedrus Bermudas, Ray. 



Leaves, of two sorts, either in pairs, opposite, and very much 

 drawn together along the shoots ; or in whorls of three, spread 

 open and needle-shaped, very dense, nearly half-an-inch long, 

 l^apcring from the base to the point, rigid, smooth, narrow, and 



