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Juvenile leaves on young plants, and on isolated branches of adult 

 specimens, awl-shaped, in opposite pairs, about \ in. long, pointed ; 

 upper surface glaucous with a prominent midrib ; lower surface 

 green, convex, with a depressed gland on the back. Male and 



Fig. 58.— JUNIPERUS SABINA. 



a, spray with berries (from the Tyrol) ; [b, spray with both scale and needle-like leaves ; c, scale 

 foliage and berries ; d, needle leaves, merging into scale leaves. 



female flowers on the same bush or on different plants. Fruit 

 ripening in the autumn of the first year or in the following 

 spring ; irregularly globose or ovoid, about i in. in diameter, 

 brownish with a waxy covering, compressed, composed of 4-6 

 pointed scales. Seeds 1-3, ovoid, furrowed. 



