226 4. Juniperus. 2. CtJPRESSIDE^. Pl.ex.mon, 



1. Juniperiis communis. Common juniper. 

 Leaves by threes, spreading, narrow, mucronate, longer 



than the arcesthides ; arcesthides globose. 



Juniperus vulgaris, baccis parvis purpiireis, Raii Syn. 444, 1. 

 Juniperus, Ger. em. 1372, 1 . 

 Juniperus vulgaris, Park. 1028. 

 Juniperus communis, Lin. S. P. 1470. 



Heaths and commons ; May. 



Shrub very much branched, stiff; leaves glaucous above ; . 

 ament solitary, ovate, male yellow; arcesthides globular, 

 dark purplish-glaucous. — Arcesthides diuretic, used to fla- 

 vour spirituous liquors; wood burned as antipestilential ; 

 charcoal covered with ashes retains fire long. 



2. Juniperus Alpi7ia. Alpine juniper. 

 Leaves by threes, broad, mucronate, as long as the 



arcesthides; arcesthides elliptical. 



Janiperus Alpina, Raii Syn. 444, 2 ; Park. 1028. 

 Juniperus Alpina minor, Ger. em, 1372, 3. 

 Juniperus communis ;S, Smith Fl. Br, 3, 1086. 

 Savine, 



Alpine rocks ; shrubby ; May. 

 Stem low, lying down, very tough. 



Fam. III. 3. TAXIDE.E. 



Flowers unisexual ; Jlowe^'-huds of many imbricated scales, 

 1 or 2-flowered. — Male. Androphore cylindrical; anthers 

 many, sessile ; 1 or many-celled. — Female. Ovary 1 or 2 ; 

 style upright or none ; stigmata glandular, on the tip of 

 the ovary ; nucule 1 -celled, on the enlarged and soldered 

 scales ; kernel reversed, pendent ; perisperm fleshy ; corcu- 

 lum central, straight ; cotyledons 2, obtuse ; radicle above. 



I. 5. TAXUS. Yetv. 



Dioicous, scales of the ament imbricate, round, concave. 

 — Male. Androphore cylindrical ; anthers 8 to 1 0, peltate, 

 Q or 8-celled, cells opening below. — Female. Ovary 1 ; 

 stigma simple, sessile; utriculus ovate, hard, on a fleshy 

 receptacle. — Trees or shrubs ; branches many, alternate ; 

 leaves linear, alternate; Jlower-buds alternate, axillary. 



TaxiLS baccata. Berry-bearing yew. 



Leaves 2-rowed, close together ; receptacle globose. 



Taxus, Rail Syn. 445, 1 ; Ger. em. 1370; Park. 1412. 

 Taxus baccata, Lin. S. P. 1472. 

 ITew-tree. Ttugh. 



