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JUNIPER. 
(Le Genevrier. Fr.) 
Natural Order , Cupressin^e. (Richard.) Linnaean Classi- 
fication , Dioecia Monadelphia. 
JUNIPERUS.* (Linn.) 
Flowers mostly dioecious. — Male ament globose, small. Stamens many, 
naked, inserted around a common axis ; filaments excentrically peltate, 
imbricate, cells of the anthers 3 to 6 . Female aments axillary, ovate, 
the base surrounded with imbricate bractes. Scales of the involucrum 
3 to 6, united at the base, with 1 to 3 ovules. Fruit drupaceous, scaly 
at base, the involucrum becoming a berry, umbilicate at the apex, and 
with bony seeds. Seeds 1 to 3, erect, subtriquetrous. Embryo inverted, 
situated in the axis of a fleshy albumen. Cotyledones 2, oblong, radicle 
cylindric, superior. 
Large or small trees inhabiting the mountainous regions of the ancient 
continent, more rare in North America ; the branches erect or pendulous, 
leaves imbricated, mostly minute, rigid, and sempervirent, resembling 
scales, of a linear-lanceolate form ; the buds naked. 
* From the Celtic jenepms, rough or rude. 
