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No. 4- Virginia Juniper J- Virgmiaw,, Linn. 



Small, conical trees of the Eastern States, reaching 

 Northern Arizona. Branchlets very slender and 

 drooping; berries small, numerous, glaucous, dry. 

 Heart- wood scarlet- red; odorous, compact, and very 

 durable. (Miscalled Red Cedar.) 



Sub Genus 3. CUPRESSOIDES 



CYPRESS-LIKE JUNIPERS- 



Flowers mostly terminal; leaves in opposite pairs, 

 4-rowed, scale-like and closely appressed, in the adult 

 plants. Berries more or less angular and with prom- 

 inent vestiges of the scales. 



Ten Species, 1 in Western America: 



No. 5 Thick-Barked Juniper 



J. pachyphlcea, Torrey. 



Trees in Arizona, New Mexico, and Northern 

 Mexico, with thick, hard bark, finely checked like a 

 white oak; berries large and sweetish, much prized by 

 aborigines for food. Unique among the Junipers for 

 its thick, hard, brittle bark. 



