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Syn, Juniperus baccifonnis. Knight 

 » „ tetragona osteosperma, Torrey. 



„ „ occidentalis fragrans, Hort. 



„ ChamaBcyparis Boursierii, Decaisne, 

 Cupressus bacciformis. Knight. 



Leaves (on the adult trees), in opposite pairs, almost round, 

 or ovate, blunt-pointed, closely imbricated, in- four rows, con- 

 vex, and with a hollow gland upon the back, full of clear 

 resin ; very small, and of a silvery white colour. 



Leaves (on the young plants) temate, needle-shaped, or lan- 

 ceolate, spreading at the points, and distant ; but as the plants 

 get older, gradually change to those of the adult ones. Branches 

 very dense, spreading, and cylindrical, with a dark-coloured 

 bark ; branchlets, numerous, short, four-sided, alternate, and of 

 a glaucous silvery colour ; those of the open shoots on the 

 young plants, almost white, and with a very strong disagreeable 

 smell when bruised. Berries globular, smooth, deep purple, 

 covered with a silvery white powder, and produced singly on 

 the ends of the small branchlets on the upper part of the 

 tree. 



A tall tree, growing from 60 to 80 feet high, and two or 

 three feet in diameter. 



It was first found by Douglas, growing on the Stony Islands 

 in the Columbia River, and in the valley of the Eocky Moun- 

 tains ; a tree 60 or 80 feet high. Jeffrey more recently found 

 it in the Klamet Mountains, in the Oregon territory, at an 

 elevation of 5000 feet, growing in desert tracts of country, 

 where there was scarcely any other vegetable production ; the 

 soil being almost entirely composed of sand, and very dry. A 

 tree 40 feet high, with an umbrella-shaped top, and sometimes 

 three feet in diameter, with foliage covered with a silvery 

 glaucous bloom, and very strong scented. 



It is quite hardy, but emits a strong disagreeable odour whei^ 

 bruised. 



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