j. Chamaecyparis thyoides (L. ) B.S.P. 



(Fig. 130.) 



PINE FAMILY. CONII'I.RS 



59 



Southern White Cedar. 



Cit/-essus Ihvoidfs I,. Sp. PI. 1003. m. 

 Chamaecyparis sphaeroid t , .., 



1^42. 

 Chamaccyparis thyoides Ii.S.1'. Fn 1 V. 71. 



A forest tree, reaching a maximum height of 

 about 90 and a trunk diameter of 4 'i. I.cmvesof 

 the ultimate branchlets ovate, acute, scarcely ft" 

 wide, those of the lateral rows keeled, those of the 

 vertical rows slightly convex, each with a minute 

 round discoid marking on the centre of the back, 

 those of the older twigs narrower and longer, tubu- 

 late ; cones about 3" in diameter, hlne, each of 

 their closely fitting scales with a small central 

 point ; seeds narrowly winged. 



In swamps. Massachusetts to n..rtli. mey, 



south to Florida and Mississippi, in,,-: 

 Wood soft, weak, clow-grained, light brov 

 per cubic foot 21 Ibs. April- M.i\ 



9. JUNIPERUS L. Sp. PI. 1038. 1753. 



Evergreen trees or shrubs with opposite or verticillate, subulate or scale-like, Ensile 

 leaves, commonly of 2 kinds, and dioecious or sometimes monoecious, small globose axil- 

 lary or terminal aments. Leaf-buds naked. Staminate aments oblong or ovoid; anthers 

 2-6-celled, each sac 2-valved. Ovule-bearing aments of a few opposite somewhat fleshy 

 scales, or these rarely verticillate in 3*3, each bearing a single erect ovule or rarely 2. Cone* 

 globose, berry-like by the coalescence of the fleshy scales, containing 1-6 wingless bony 

 seeds. [Name Celtic.] 



About 30 species, natives of the northern hemisphei them extending int.. tropical re- 



gions. Besides the following, 4 or 5 others occur in the western parts of North America. 



Leaves all subulate, prickly pointed, verticillate; aments axillary. 



Small erect tree or shrub; leaves slender, mostly straight. I. /. commmmis. 



I/ow depressed shrub; leaves stouter, mostly curved. 



Leaves of 2 kinds, scale-like and subulate, mostly opposite; aments terminal 



Tree ; fruit on short straight branches. 



Depressed shrub; fruit on short recurved branches. 



? / ' 

 4. /. 5.; 



i. Juniperus communis L- Juniper. (Fig. 131. > 



fiini penis communis L. Sp. PI. 1040. 1753. 



A low tree or erect shrub, sometimes attaining a 

 height of 25 and a trunk diameter of 10', usually 

 smaller, the branches spreading or drooping, the 

 bark shreddy. Leaves all subulate, rigid, spreading, 

 or some of the lower reflexed, mostly straight, prickly 

 pointed, verticillate in 3*3, often with smaller ones fas- 

 cicled in their axils, "-\o" long, less than i" wide, 

 channeled and commonly whitened on the upper sur- 

 face; aments axillary; berry-like cones sessile or very 

 nearly so, dark blue, $"-\" diameter. 



On dry hills, Nova Scotia to British Columbia, south t" 

 New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michigan, western Nebraska 

 and in the Rocky Mountains to New Mexico. Ascends 

 to 900 ft. in Pennsylvania. Also in Europe and Asia. 

 The fruit is used for flavoring gin. April-May. Kruit 

 ripe Oct. 



