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JUNIPERUS OCCIDENTALIS. Hooker. 



(Western Juniper.) 

 SYN. Juniperus excelsa. Lewis and Clark. 



A large tree, inhabiting the banks of the Columbia 

 river, where it is often found seventy or eighty feet high. 



JUNIPERUS OXYCEDRUS. Linnceus. 



(Brown-berried Juniper.) 

 SYN. Juniperus macrocarpa. Tenore. 



Junipers Wittmanniana. Fischer. 

 Jwniperus Oxycedrus taurica. Gardens. 



A shrub eight or ten feet high, branching to the 

 ground. Indigenous to sandy districts on the shores 

 of the Mediterranean. Branches long and taper, 

 bearing large brown berries. A handsome species. 



JUNIPERUS PEXENICEA. Linnceus. 



(Phoenician Juniper.) 



A pyramidal shrub or small tree, with slender 

 weeping branches, inhabiting the shores of the Medi- 

 terranean. A very handsome species. 



J. P. var. malacocarpa. 



(Lycian Juniper.) 

 SYN. Juniper Lycia. Linnaeus. 

 Of much more compact habit than the species. 



