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ARAUCARlACE^E 



i. P. sylvestris (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, 1 — 2 in. long, scales recurved when ripe; seeds with a 

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

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

 south. — FL May, June. Perennial. 



I* P. Pinaster (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- 

 shire. 



2. Juniperus (Juni- 

 per). — Trees or shrubs, 

 with fragrant red wood ; 

 leaves whorled, subulate, 

 or scale-like ; staminate 

 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.) 

 1. /. communis (Com- 

 mon Juniper). — An ever- 

 green, erect shrub, 1 — 5 

 feet high, rarely reaching the size of a small tree ; bark red-brown, 

 flaking; leaves subulate, less than an inch long, in decussating 

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

 than } in. diam. — Dry hills, chiefly on calcareous soil ; frequent. — 

 FL May, June. Perennial. 



2. /. sibirica (Dwarf Juniper). — A prostrate shrub, with more 

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

 Mountains in the north. — Fl. May. Perennial. 



juniperus communis (Common /uni/er). 



