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JUNIPERUS, OR 



No. S3. Juniperus pachyphl^ea, Torrey, the Sweet-fruited 



Juniper. 

 Syn. Juniperus Sabina pachyphlsea, Antoine. 



Leaves in threes, scale-formed, closely imbricated along th e 

 branchlets, ovate-rhomboid, somewhat acute-pointed, very 

 glaucous, and convexly-keeled on the back, with a sunken 

 glaucous oval gland in the centre ; branchlets rather short, 

 obtusely four-sided and somewhat closely arranged, horizontally 

 in two rows. Berries solitary globose, half an inch in diameter, 

 and of a brownish colour, thickly covered with a white glaucous 

 bloom, sweet-tasted, and produced at the ends of the short, 

 erect branchlets. 



A moderate sized tree, with terete branchlets, covered with 

 a white glaucous bloom, found on the Zuni mountains, in the 

 western part of New Mexico. 



It is hardy, and the whole plant has quite a white appear- 

 ance. 



No. 34. Juniperus Phcenicea, L. the Phoenician Juniper. 



Syn. Juniperus tetragona, Mcench. 



Phcenicea sclerocarpa, Endlicher. 



Langoldiana, Hort. 



Cupressus Devoniana, Hort. 



bacciformis, Willdenoiv. 



Juniperus bacciformis, Carriere. 



Leaves opposite, or in threes, bright green, imbricated, bluntly 

 egg-shaped, somewhat channelled, and convex on the back, and 

 perfectly smooth ; but on some of the branches a few open, 

 sharp, lanceolate, glaucous leaves are found in whorls of three. 

 Young branches, entirely covered with very small leaves, 

 which are disposed in threes, opposite to each other, closely 

 covering the surface of the branchlet, and laid one upon 

 another, like scales. Male and female flowers mostly on sepa- 

 rate plants, but sometimes they are both found on the same 

 plant. Berries, terminal, about the size of a pea, pale brown, 



