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Plantas dioicas; frutices vel arbores usque 12 m, saepe coronis 

 pyramidalis. Folia aciculares 9-17 mm longae 1.5-2.4 mm latae, 

 base folio fere latiora quam lamina. Folia vittis glaucis duabus in 

 superficiebus adaxialis plerumque non impressis. Strobilus in anno 

 secundo maturescens, globosus viridis stramineo-brunneolescens 

 atrorubens in maturitate. Semina plerumque tres. 



Plants dioecous; shrubs or trees to 12 m, often with pyramidal 

 crowns. Leaves acicular, 9—17 mm long, 1.5—2.4 mm wide, base of the 

 leaf nearly as wide the blade, having two glaucous bands on the adaxial 

 surface, generally not sunken. Cone ripening in second year, globose, 

 dark red when ripe, green, turning to brownish yellow when ripening. 

 Seeds usually 3. 



Juniperus oxycedrus (sensu stricto) 

 can be distinguished from J. deltoides by 

 having a narrowing of the leaf base (Fig. 

 1, a), whereas the leaf base is almost as 

 wide as the blade (Fig. 1, b) in J. deltoides 

 (hence the name). In addition, the stomatal 

 bands in J. oxycedrus are sunken (Fig. 1 a), 

 giving the midrib a raised appearance. In 

 contrast, in J. deltoides, most of the leaves 

 have stomatal bands that are not sunken, 

 giving the leaf a flattened surface (actually 

 concave as illustrated in Fig. 1 b). 



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a I' 





b 



Fig. 1. Leaves/, oxycedrus 

 (a) and J. deltoides (b). 



Representative Specimens: 



BULGARIA, s Varna, 7 Dec 1923, B.Gilliat-Smith 373 (K). 



CYPRUS. Troodos, Prodhromos, 19 Jun 1939, H. Lindbergs.n. (K). 

 above Prodhromos, 15 May 1957, L. F H. Merton 3179 (K). 



GREECE. Crete, Mt. Spathi, 1760m, 16 May 1967, Barclay 257 

 (K). 14 km e Arachova, 420 m, 22 May 2001, Adams 9436, 9437, 9438 



