226 4. Juniperus. 2. CUPRESSIDEAE. PL ex. mon . 
1. Juniperus communis. Common juniper. 
Leaves by threes, spreading, narrow, mucronate, longer 
than the arcesthides; arcesthides globose. 
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Juniperus vulgaris, baccis parvis purpureis, Raii Syn, 444, 1. 
Juniperus, Ger.em. 1372,1. 
Juniperus vulgaris, Park. 1028. 
Juniperus communis, Lin. S. P. 1470. 
Heaths and commons ; May. 
Shrub very much branched, stiff ; leaves glaucous above j 
ament solitary, ovate, male yellow; arcesthides globular, 
dark purplish-glaucous. — ■ Arcesthides diuretic, used to fla- 
vour spirituous liquors ; wood burned as antipestilential ; 
charcoal covered with ashes retains fire long. 
2. Juniperus Alpina. Alpine jumper. 
Leaves by threes, broad, mucronate, as long as the 
arcesthides; arcesthides elliptical. 
Juniperus Alpina, Raii Syn. 444,2 ; Park. 1028, 
Juniperus Alpina minor, Ger. em. 1372, 3. 
Juniperus communis /3, Smith FI. Rr. 3, 1086. 
Saving. 
Alpine rocks ; shrubby ; May. 
Stem low, lying down, very tough. 
Farm III. 3. TAXIDEiE. 
Flowers unisexual ; flower-buds of many imbricated scales, 
1 or 2-flowered. — M ale. Androphore cylindrical; anthers 
many, sessile; 1 or many-celled. — F emale. Ovary 1 or 2; 
style upright or none ; stigmata glandular, on the tip of 
the ovary ; nucule 1-celled, on the enlarged and soldered 
scales; kernel reversed, pendent; perisperm fleshy; corcu- 
him central, straight; cotyledons 2, obtuse; radicle above. 
I. 5. TAXUS. Yew. 
Dioicous, scales of the ament imbricate, round, concave. 
— Male. Androphore cylindrical; anthers 8 to 10, peltate, 
6 or 8-celled, cells opening below. — F emale. Ovary 1; 
stigma simple, sessile; utriculus ovate, hard, on a fleshy 
receptacle.-— Trees or shrubs ; branches many, alternate ; 
leaves linear, alternate ; flower-buds alternate, axillary. 
Taxus baccata. Berry-bearing yew , 
Leaves 2-rowed, close together ; receptacle globose. 
Taxus, Raii Syn. 445, 1 ; Ger . em. 1370 ; Park. 1412. 
Taxus baccata, Lin. S. P . 1472. 
Yew-tree. Ytugh. 
