TAXACEAE 37 



4. JUNIPERTTS L. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves in 3's, subulate, neither imbricated nor appressed, 

 glandless. Staminate aments axillary. Ovulate aments with ovules alternate with the 

 scales. Cones baccate. Seeds wingless. Spring. JUNIPER. 



A depressed shrub, with creeping branches: leaves abruptly bent at the base, deeply channeled, rather 

 abruptly pointed. 1. J. Sibirica. 



A tree or an erect shrub : leaves straight or nearly so, shallowly channeled, gradually 



acuminate. 2. J. communis. 



1. Junipema Sibirica Burgsd. A depressed shrub, the radiating branches 

 rarely rising over 5 dm., often matted: leaves stout, mostly 5-8> mm. long, abruptly 

 curved at the base, erect or erect-ascending, abruptly pointed: cones globular, 8-10 

 mm. in diameter. 



In dry or stony soil, Labrador to Alaska southward in the Appalachian and Rocky 

 Mountains. Also in Europe and Asia. 



2. Juniperus communis L. An erect shrub, or a tree becoming 8 m. tall: 

 leaves slender, 10-20 mm. long, spreading, gradually narrowed at the apex: cones 

 globular, 6-8 mm. in diameter. 



On dry rocky hills, Labrador to Saskachewan, Georgia and New Mexico. Also in Europe 

 and Asia. JUNIPER. > 



5. SABINA Haller. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves scale-like, except sometimes on twigs, appressed, often 

 imbricated, each with a gland in the back. Staminate aments, terminal on branchlets. 

 Ovulate aments with ovules opposite the scales. Cones baccate. Seeds wingless. 

 Spring. CEDAR. SAVIN. 



Cones 3-6 mm. long: seeds 2-4 mm. long, smooth. 



Staminate aments 3-4 mm. long: cones 5 6 mm. long. 1. S. Virginianq. 



Staminate aments 4-5 mm. long: cones 3-4 mm. long. 2. S. Barbadensis. 



Cones 8-10 mm. long: seeds 6-8 mm. long, ribbed. ^ 3. S. sabinoides. 



1. Sabina Virginiana (L.) Antoine. A tree becoming 30 m. tall: scale-like 

 leaves opposite, 4-ranked, l-4i mm. long, acute: staminate aments 3-4 mm. long: 

 cones ovoid, 5-6 mm. long, glaucous: seeds 3-4 mm. long, smooth. 



On dry hills or in swamps, nearly throughout temperate North America. RED CBDAB. 



2. Sabina Barbadensis (L.) Small. A shrub or tree similar to S. Virginiana 

 in habit, but with shorter and rather thicker leaves, the relatively blunt apex closely 

 appressed: staminate aments 4-5 mm. long: cones ovoid or oval-ovoid, 3-4 mm. long. 



On sandy or clay soil, in the coastal plain, South Carolina to Florida and Texas. Also 

 in the West Indies. 



3. Sabina sabinoides (H.B.K.) Small. A shrub, or tree becoming 15 m. tall: 

 scale-like leaves 1-2 mm. long, blunt, minutely fringed: staminate aments about 4 

 mm. long: cones globular, 8-10 mm. in diameter, glaucous: seeds 6-8 mm. long, 

 ribbed. 



On hillsides, mostly in limestone soil, Texas and New Mexico. MOUNTAIN CEDAB. 



FAMILY 3. TAXACEAE Lindl. YEW FAMILY. 



Evergreen shrubs or trees, mostly destitute of resin, the buds scaly. Leaves 

 distichously spreading: blades narrow, entire. Staminate aments mostly few- 

 flowered, with scaly involucres. Ovulate aments mostly 1-flowered, the carpel- 

 lary scale wanting. Fruit baccate or drupaceous, wholly or partially enclosed 

 by a pulpy cup-like aril. 



Ovulate flowers usually 2 together: ovule borne in a cup: seed enclosed in the accrescent cup: en- 

 dosperm channeled: pollen-sacs 4. 1. TUMION. 



Ovulate flowers usually solitary: ovule borne on a disk: seed surrounded by the ac- 

 crescent disk: endosperm even: pollen-sacs more than 4. 2. TAXUS. 



1. TUMION Kaf. 



Trees. Leaves rigid. Staminate aments with 4 pollen-sacs under each scale. 

 Ovulate aments usually with 2 ovules. Seeds bacate, the pericarp fleshy. 



1. Tumion taxifolium (Arn.) Greene. A tree becoming 18 m. tall, with a 

 disagreeable odor when bruised: leaf -blades linear, 1.5-3 cm. long, firm-tipped: 

 staminate aments 5-8 mm. long; fruits globose-oblong or somewhat obovoid, 3-4 cm. 

 long, glaucous. 



Along the Apalachicola River, western Florida. Spring. STINKING CEDAR. 



