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the branches, sharp-pomted, needle-shaped, rigid, spreading, 

 loosely imbricated, and dull glaucous green. Branches, an- 

 gular, horizontal, slightly elevated at the ends ; smaller ones 

 covered with sharp-pointed, scaly leaves, extended at the 

 points, and with an elevated gland at the back ; branchlets, 

 four-sided, rather cylindrical, short, stiff, and straight. Berries, 

 solitary, on short scaly footstalks, half an inch in diameter, 

 irregularly globular, with a few gouty humps, or tubercles, 

 terminated with a very thin scale on the outside, and of a 

 dark purple colour, dusted over with a glaucous powder. 



A small tree or bush, growing from ten to fifteen feet high, 

 with a pyramidal-shaped head, producing a pale yellow resinous 

 matter, frequently found in drops or lumps on the branches, 

 and resembling sandarac. 



It is found plentiful on the Real del Monte Mountains, and 

 on the Llanos of Perote and Mineral Monte, at an elevation of 

 from 8,000 to 10,000 feet, and is called by the Mexicans, 

 ' Cedro.' 



It is quite hardy. 



No. 18. JuNiPEKUS PROCERA, ITochst, the Abyssinian Juniper. 

 Syn. Juniperus Lasdeliana, Lawson. 



Leaves, in pairs, opposite, thick, fleshy, and very small, 

 ovate-pointed, scale-like, and imbricated, with an oblong gland 

 on the back, in the adult trees, but needle-shaped, loosely 

 spreading, and sharp-pointed on those of the young plants. 

 Branches, roundish, and spreading ; branchlets, numerous, and 

 dense on the outer parts. Berries, oval, the size of a common 

 pea, and glaucous. 



Timber, hard, firm, and durable. 



This is said to be a huge tree, found in Abyssinia, of which 

 little is known, except that it very much resembles the tall 

 Crimean Juniper (J. excelsa), and probably not different except 

 in size, which may be caused by the favourable effects of 

 climate, soil, &c. 



