DIOECIA— MONADELPHIA. Juniperus. 251 



distinguishable. Anth. 3, of 2 roundish lobes ; distinct 

 in the terminal J?or^/ ; in the rest adhering to the base 

 of the scale. 



Fert.Jl. Cal. superior, in 3 minute, permanent segments, 

 united with the germen. Pet. 3, rigid, acute, permanent. 

 Germ, inferior, roundish. Styles 3, simple, very short. 

 Stigm. simple. Berry succulent, roundish, marked in 

 the lower part with 3 slight tubercles, originating in the 

 points of the former calyx, now united to the fruit ; and 

 at the summit with 3 small teeth, formerly petals, sur- 

 rounding the terminal depression. Seeds imbedded in 

 the pulp, vertical, oblong, bony ; convex at the outside ; 

 angular at the inner margin ; their skin lodging several 

 little cells of essential oil, or turpentine. 



Evergreen aromatic shrubs, with narrow leaves, either 

 spreading and sharp-pointed ; or closely imbricated, mi- 

 nute, and obtuse. Berries globular or oval, black or 

 brown, with a glaucous efflorescence. 



1 . J. cormnunis. Common Juniper. 



Leaves three in each whorl, tipped with a spine, spread- 

 ing, longer than the ripe fruit. Stem erect. 



J. communis. Unn. Sp. PI. 1470, a. Willd. v. 4. 853. Fl. Br. 

 1085. Engl. Bot. u. 1 6. <. 1100. Hook. Scot. 290. JVoodv. t. 95. 

 Mill. Illustr. t. 95. Ehrh. PI. Off. 449. 



J. n. 1661, a. Hall. Hist. v. 2. 3\9. 



J. vulgaris, baccis parvis purpureis. Rail Syn. 444. Bauh. Hist. 

 u. l.p. 2.293./. 



J. vulgaris fruticosa. Bauh. Pin. 488. 



Juniperus. Ger. Em.l372.f. Mafth. Falgr. v. \. 109. f. Camer. 

 Epit. 53./. Lob. Ic. V.2. 222. f. 



J. minor. Fuchs. Hist. 78./. Ic. 44. f. Dalech. Hist. 67. f. 



On hills and heathy downs, especially where the soil is chalky. 



Shrub. May. 



Bushy, more or less erect, smooth in every part, with very nu- 

 merous, spreading, subdivided, leafy, quadrangular branches. 

 Leaues spreading, evergreen, 3 in each whorl, linear, straight, 

 entire, with a fine sharp point ; channelled and glaucous on the 

 upper side ; convex, keeled, and dark green, beneath ; the 

 edges sometimes roughish. Fl. axillary, sessile, small ; the 

 barren ones discharging a copious cloud of yellow pollen ; fertile 

 ones green, on scaly stalks. Berries scarcely more than half 

 the length of the leaves, nearly globular, black with a blueish 

 tint, their flavour sweetish, though with too much of a bittcrisli 



