DIOECIA. MONADELPHIA. Ill 



ORDIiR; MONABELPHZA. 



351. JUNIPERUS. Nutt. Gen. 806. 

 iCeliic, Jeneprus, rough, or harsh. De T/(cis:— Or, according to .Boer/i. " a junior et|)ano, quia haec arbor 

 novos fruclus parit, duin alix bacci; maturescunt."] 



M.\LEi Ament ovale. Cal. a scale. Co?-. 0. Stamens 3. 



Fem. Cal. 3 parted, adnata to the germ. Cor. petals 3.' Styles 3. Berry tuberculate, 1 or 2 seeded. 



J. viRGiNiANA. Mx. Arb. Leaves ternate, or opposite and decussate, spreading, or appressed and imbricate- 



Fit/iro— Cedar tree. Red Cudar. 



Fl. Beginning of April. Fr. mat. Middle of September. 



Hab. Fence-rows; woodlands, &c. frequent. 15 to 30 feet high: berries dark blue. 



Obs. The wood of this tree is much esteemed for its durability; but it is not often to be met with, at pre- 

 sent, of a size to give it any ^reat value. It is said to be pernicious to young Thorn hedges, when 

 growing in their immediate vicinity. 



Mr. Elliott's description of the leaves does not agree with that of Willdenow, and others. He says the 

 younger leaves are exjianded, and the old ones appressed, and imbricate;— whereas Willdenow describes 

 the younger ones as being imbricate, and the old ones expanded. As far as I have observed, I think the 

 truth has betioeen them. The leaves of one year old are mostly appressed and imbricate; but those which 

 are older, and those upon the young growing shoots, I find to be spreading. There is a pretty distinct 

 variety oi this tree, noticed by Michaux the elder, in which a// the leaves are expanding, long, and very 

 acute. They are also frequently tfrnatc in this variety: but in the other and most common sort, they ap- 

 pear to be quadri furiously arranged— or rather, they are opposite, and decussating. This is particularly the 

 case in the small branches of one year old; which are rendered distinctly 4 angled, by the short, appressed, 

 imbricate leaves. 



