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ARAUCARIACE^. 



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1. P. syhcsiris (Scots Fir, Northern Pine). — A lofty tree, 

 50 — 100 feet high; stem reaching 4 feet in diameter, with scaly, 

 red-brown bark; leaves in pairs, 2 — 3 in. long, glaucous, grooved 

 along the upper surface; cones 1 — 3 together, ovoid-conical when 

 young, I — 2 in. long, scales recurved when ripe; seeds with a 

 wing thrice their length. — Only indigenous in the Northern Higli- 

 lands of Scotland; but extensively planted and self-sown further 

 south. — I"l. -May, June. Perennial. 



2"* P. Pindsler (Cluster 

 Pine), a native of south- 

 ern Europe, distinguished 

 by its longer, more deeply 

 channelled leaves and 

 cones 4 — 6 in. long, in 

 clusters of 4 — 7, has 

 become almost natural- 

 ised at Poole, Dorset- 

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2, JuNi'PERUS (Juni- 

 per). — Trees or shrubs, 

 with fragrant red wood ; 

 leaves whorled, subulate, 

 or scale-like ; staininale 

 flower of numerous 2 — 6- 

 chambered anthers ; cone 

 small, globose, berry-like, 

 of 4 — 6 whorled scales, 

 becoming fleshy and con- 

 fluent ; ovules 1—2 under 

 each scale, erect. (Name 

 the Classical Latin name. ) 

 I. ]. eoiiuiuhus (Com- 

 mon Juniper). -An ever- 

 green, erect shrub, 1 — 5 

 feet higli, rarely reaching the size of a small tree ; beiyl; red brown, 

 flaking ; leaves siiLiulate, less than an incji long, m decussating 

 whorls of three, glaucous above ; berry blue-black, glaucous, less 

 than \ in. diam. — 1 )ry hills, chiefly on calcareous soil ; frequent. — 

 i'l May, (une. Perennial. 



2. /. sib'iriea ( 1 )\\arf Juniper). — A prostrate shrub, with more 

 crowded, shorter, broader, incurved leaves and longer berries. — 

 Mountains in (he noiili. — PI. Alav. Peremiial. 



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