J. DRUPACEA OR SYRIAN JUNIPER 193 
specimens from Sir E. Loder, grown at La Mortola 
(S. France). The fruit is nearly round, of a browny- 
purple colour, about twice the size of other Juniper 
fruits, and nearly an inch in diameter. As in leaf 
structure does the J. Oxycedrus look like an elongated 
and thickened edition of the J. Communis, so does 
the J. Drupacea appear by the side of the Oxycedrus. 
On account of the fact that the seeds are coalescent 
in the centre of the fruit this Juniper has been given 
a group of his own called Caryocedrus. 
It must not be thought that in our story of the 
Juniper, and in our comments on its leaf likeness 
with certain Cypresses, we have inadvertently omitted 
to mention the outstanding difference which places 
it severely apart as far as tribal relationship goes, 
namely, the different composition of its fruit. 
We have referred to this at length in previous pages 
upon the Cypress, and called attention to the fact 
that, while the fruit of the Cypress is a ligneous, 
variously shaped cone, that of the Juniper is a dark- 
blue berry. 
Whittier, the American poet, bears witness to its 
effect in an autumnal woodland scene, and tells us 
in verse how an appearance of a tree in fruit impressed 
his poetical senses ; 
And on a ground of sombre fir 
And azure-studded juniper, 
The silver birch its buds of purple show. 
The drawback to this picture, as a means of identifica- 
tion, is that Junipers do not invariably wear these 
azure studs at the precise moment you are bringing 
your discerning powers to bear upon the subject of 
differentiation. Then it must be remembered that 
Junipers are one of the few exceptions to conifer 
customs in that they are often dicecious; in other 
words, that the tree is generally male or female, and 
