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Order XII.— MONADELPHIA. 



806. JUNIPERUS. L. (Juniper.) 



Masc, Anient ovate. Calix consisting of 

 scales. Stamina 3. Fem,. Calix 3-parted. 

 Fetals 3? Styles 3, Btny I or ii-seedeii, tu- 

 bercular. Seeds nuciform. 



Arborescent, shrubby or sufTruticose, branches mostly 

 alternate; leaves opposite, or verticillated in 3s or 4s, im» 

 bricated or spreading-, pungenily acute or partly obiusej 

 aments terminal, or with the bejries axillary. 



Species. 1. J. comvnniis. (Common Juniper.) v.v. 

 On the sandy shores of lake Huron, abundant. 2. rirgin- 

 iana. (Red Cedar.) Hab. From Canada to Florida, and 

 on the banks ot the Missisippi -nnd Missouri lo their 

 sources. Obs. Younger leaves .sprv .iding-, the older ones 

 only imbricated 3. *repcn8. Stem prostrate, repent; 

 leaves pungent, imbricated by 4s; berries large and con- 

 spicuously Lui)ercular. J. prostrata':-' Pcrsvioii, 2. p. 632. 

 Hab On the sandy shores of lake Huron, and also on 

 the high hills of the Missouri, near Fort Mandan- A 

 species sufticieiitiy distinct and rensurkable; nevei- rising 

 from the surface oi the ground, its diffli^c branches pro- 

 duce a dense ar.d verdant carpet. 4- Sabina. (Savin.) 

 5. e.cceha Indig.-nou-s to Siberia ar.d the sources of the 

 Missjuri. 6. barbadensis. In Florida. 



.\ genu.s of ab(jut 15 species, principally indigenous to 

 North America as far as the tropic, also to Europe the 

 Levant and Northern Asia. 



i07. TAXUS. L. (Yew Tree,) 



M.4SC. Calix coHfiistin.^ of 4 to 6 oppositely 

 imi>i leafed scales. Corolla n^»iie. Staminife- 

 roii'i column 5?-rleft at the sinnmit; anthers jjel- 

 tate, 6 to 8-lobed. Fem, Style none. Recepta- 

 cle cup-shapedj succulent. JV^^wt ovate, naked. 



Trees or shrubs with alternate branches,- leaves alter- 

 nate, linear and semperviren", mostly distichal; flovvci 

 buds solitary and axillary; berry imperfect, in thy fornn 

 oi a cup supporting- the seed. 

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