THE JUNIPER. 129 



No. 1. Junipehus Canadensis, Loddiges, the Canadian 



Juniper. 

 Syn. J. communis depressa, Pursh. 

 nana montana, Endlicher. 

 depressa, Booth. 

 dealbata, Douglas, not Loudon. 

 Davurica, Hort. 



Leaves lanceolate, narrow, three in a whorl, incurved, spread- 

 ing, tapering regularly from the base to the point, very sharp- 

 pointed and stiff; pale green below, and channelled with a 

 white band on the upper surface. Branches, rather slender, 

 spreading and elevated ; lateral ones rather short, and not 

 very thickly clothed with very pungent leaves. Berries ovate- 

 globular, smooth, shining, and nearly black when ripe. 



This species grows from three to five feet high, with an 

 elevated spreading head, rather open in appearance. It is 

 found growing in the northern parts of North America, in 

 Labrador, Newfoundland, Hudson's Bay, the rocky districts of 

 Newbury and Main, in Greenland, and on the Island of Sitcha. 



It is frequently confounded with the dwarf Juniper of Eu- 

 rope (J. nana), but is easily distinguished from it by its much 

 narrower, sharper-pointed, and paler foliage, and in its more 

 elevated branches, growing from three to five feet high, while 

 those of the dwarf juniper lie flat, or creep along the ground. 



No. 2. Junipeeus Cedkus, Webb, the Canary Island Juniper. 



Syn. Juniperus, Webbii, Carriere. 

 Canariensis, Knight 



Leaves in whorls of three, straight, rigid, erectly-spreading, 

 linear-lanceolate, blunt-pointed, ending in a short prickle, very 

 numerous and closely placed, especially upon the fertile 

 branchlets; the lower leaves are generally ovate - lanceolate, 

 the upper ones linear and sharp-pointed, slightly keeled, 

 mostly straight, seldom concave, and frequently very glaucous 

 on the upper side, and from three to five lines and a half long, 

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