CXIII. 

 JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS. 



Common Juniper. 



Class XXII. Dicecia. —Order VIII. Monadelphia. 



Nat. Ord. Conifers. 



Gen. Char. Male flowers : Scales of the catkin sub- 

 peltate. Perianth wanting. Stamens four to eight, 

 one- celled. Female flowers : Scales of the catkin few, 

 ultimately united, fleshy, and surrounding the three- 

 seeded berry. 



Spec. Char. Leaves three in a whorl, spreading or im- 

 bricated, longer than the berry. 



SYNONYMES. 

 Greek apicevdos. 



r Juniperus vulgaris. Bauh. Pin. 488. Raii Syn. 444. Park. 

 Theatr. 1029. 



Latin «^ Juniperus. Ger. Em. 1372. 



Juniperus communis. Lin. Sp. PI. 1470. Eng. Fl. iv. 251. 



^ Eng. Bot. t. 1100. 

 French .... Genevrier ; Genevrier commun. 



Italian Ginepro. 



Spanish Enebro. 



Portuguese . Zimbro. 

 German .... Wachb older. 



Dutch Genever-boom. 



Danish. . . . Ene ; Eneboer. 



Swedish.... En; Enbuske; Enebcerstroed. 



Polish Jalowiek. 



Russ Moschewelnik. 



Description. — Juniper is a rigid evergreen shrub, varying in 

 height from three to fifteen feet, much branched, with diffuse irre- 

 gular tufted branches ; the wood is hard, and of a reddish colour, 



