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Juniperus scopulorum, Sargent. 



Juniperus \'irginiana, var. scopulorum, Jones ; J. fragrans. Knight and 

 Perry. 



A tree about 40 ft. high and 9 ft. in girth, often divided near 

 the base into several stems. Adult leaves very similar to those 

 of J. virginiana, but on stouter branchlets, the leaves marked 

 on the back by a conspicuous glandular pit. Fruit ripening in 

 the second year, globose, | in. in diameter, glaucous. Seeds 2, 

 triangular, reddish brown, prominently angled, grooved. 



Differs from J. virginiana in its stouter branchlets and slightly 

 larger fruits which ripen in the second year. 



Found wild on dry, rocky ridges, usually over 5,000 ft. eleva- 

 tion, from the eastern foothills of the Rocky Mountains from 

 Alberta and Texas, westward to Vancouver, Washington, E. 

 Oregon, Nevada, and N. Arizona. Introduced in 1839 under the 

 name of J. dealbata, Loudon, and has also been grown as J. 

 fragrans, a name still found in nursery catalogues. It is rare in 

 cultivation, but there are good plants at Dawyck, Peebles. 



The best wood can be used as that of J. virginiana. 



Silva of N. America, xiv, 93, t. 739 (1912). 



Juniperus squamata/ Buchanan-Hamilton. 



Jvrniperus densa, Gordon ; J. excelsa, var. densa, Endlicher ; J. recurva, 

 var. densa, Hort. ; J. recur\^a, var. squamata, Parlatore. 



A prostrate shrub with decumbent main stems and short, 

 erect, reddish brown branchlets. Young shoots green, grooved. 

 Leaves awl-shaped, overlapping, in whorls of 3, pressed together 

 or slightly spreading, the lower portion adherent to the shoot, 

 the upper part free and about ^ in. long, curved, tapering to 

 a sharp point ; upper surface concave, whitened, usually with 

 a faint midrib ; lower surface convex, green, furrowed. Fruit 

 ellipsoid, |-^ in. long, becoming black when ripe in the second 

 year ; scales 3-6, pointed. Seeds sohtary, ovoid, ridged, with 

 3-4 depressions below the middle. 



Var. Fargesii, Rehder and Wilson. ^ 



A tree up to 40 ft. high, but sometimes larger, often divided 

 a few feet above the ground into several erect stems. Bark 

 brown or grey -brown, fairly smooth, and peeling off in longitudinal 

 strips. Branches ascending and spreading ; branchlets pendulous. 

 Leaves mostly longer and narrower, and fruits smaller and less 

 shining than in the typical form. It may be regarded as the 

 arborescent form of the type and is not uncommon in woodlands 

 throughout the Chino-Tibetan borderland. 



1 Elwes and Henrjs loc. cit. vi, 1420 (1912). 



2 PL Wils. ii, 59 (1914). Clinton-Baker, op. cit. iii, 29 (1913) 



