PINE FAMILY 19 
VII. JUNIPERUS L. 
Flowers very small, lateral, dicecious, or sometimes monc- 
cious. Scales of the staminate flower shield-shaped, with 3-6 
anther cells. Fertile flowers with 38-6 fleshy scales which 
unite into a berry-like, 1-3-seeded fruit. Leaves awl-shaped 
or scale-shaped. 
1. J. communis L. Juniper. <A low, spreading shrub (one variety 
prostrate in circular masses). Leaves linear-awl-shaped, with needle- 
like points, each marked with a distinct stripe of bloom along the 
center of the upper surface, borne in whorls of three. Fruit a dark 
blue aromatic berry, } in. or more in diameter. Grows in dry pas- 
tures and on sterile hillsides N. 
2. J. virginiana L. Rep Cepar, Savix. Ranges in size and 
shape from a low, rather erect shrub, to a conical tree 90 ft. high. 
Leaves of two kinds, those on the rapidly growing shoots awl-shaped 
and pointed, those on the shortest twigs scale-shaped, obtuse, or 
nearly so, and closely appressed to the stem. Fruit small, bluish, 
with a white bloom. Found all the way from British America to 
Florida. Wood soft, fragrant, reddish, exceedingly durable in the 
ground, valued for the manufacture of moth-proof chests and espe- 
cially for lead pencils. 
