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by the tips of the scales, reddish-brown, bloomy, with thin sweet flesh, 1- or 

 rarely 2-3-seeded. Wyoming to California, Arizona and New Mexico. — 

 Rarely planted and of no particular ornamental value. 



Var. megalocarpa, Sarg. {J. megalocarpa, Sudw.). Tree to 50 feet with a 

 single trunk; the scale-like leaves in 3's: fruit 3-^~f inch across. Arizona, New 

 Mexico. — Introduced in 191G. 



Related species rarely, if at all, in cultivation in this country are the 

 following : 



J. Pinchotii, Sudw. Shrubby tree to 20 feet tall; branclilets thick: leaves 

 usually in 3's, obtusely pointed, rounded and conspicuously glandular-pitted 

 on back, about -^ inch long: fruit subglobose. K-J/3 inch long, reddish- 

 brown, 1-2-seeded. Texas. — Introduced in 1917 to the Arnold Arboretum 

 by E. J. Palmer. 



J. califomica, Carr. Californian J. Shrub or pyramidal tree to 40 feet 

 tall; branclilets rather stout: leaves usually in 3's, obtusely pointed, conspicu- 

 ously glandular-pitted and slightly keeled on bac : fruit ellipsoidal, Y2~^A 

 inch long, reddish-brown, with thick sweet flesh. Southern California. — 

 Introduced to Europe in 1853. 



J. flaccida, Schlecht. A tree to 30 feet tall, with spreading branches and 

 slender drooping branclilets: leaves opposite, acuminate, spreading at apex, 

 glandular or eg^andular on back: fruit subglobose, 3^3-H int'h across, dark 

 red-brown, bloomy, with thick resinous flesh, 4-12-seeded. Southern Texas 

 and northeastern Mexico. — Introduced to Europe about 1838. Hardy only 

 in the Southern States. 



J. phcenicea, L. Phcenician J. Shrub or small tree to 20 feet, with erect 

 or ascending branches and slender, much ramified branclilets: scale-like 

 leaves opposite or in 3's, obtuse or obtusish, rounded on back, dull dark or 

 bluish-green: fruit subglobose, H— | inch across, 3-6-seeded. Mediterranean 

 region. — Introduced to England about 1863. Probably hardy as far north 

 as the Middle Atlantic States. 



11. J. occidentalis, Hook. Tree to 40 feet, rarely to 60 feet tall, with 

 spreading branches forming a broad, low head, or shrub with several upright 

 stems; branchlets stout, about -^-^ inch thick: leaves usually scale-like, in 3's, 

 closely appressed, ovate, acute, grayish-green, conspicuously glandular on 

 back, rarely acicular: fruit subglobose or ovoid, 14-/3 inch long, bluish- 

 black, bloomy, 2-3-seeded. Washington and western Idaho to southern 

 California. — Introduced to Europe about 1840. 



12. J. monosperma, Sarg. (J. occidentalis var. vionospcrma, Engelm. 

 Sabina monosperma, Rydb.). Cherrystone J. A tree occasionally to 50 feet 

 tall, with stout ascending branches or branching from the base and shrubby; 

 branchlets slender, about ^V '^^^^ thick: leaves mostly scale-like, opposite, 

 rarely in 3's, acute or acuminate, often slightly spreading at apex, thickened 



