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WAYSIDE AND WOODLAND TREES. 
slopes as a pyramidal shrub, and as we reach higher and more 
exposed positions, the Juniper gradually dwindles to a low, 
shapeless bush. This, however, must not be confounded with a 
distinct variety to which the name na 7 ia has been applied ; it 
differs from the type in having shorter and broader overlapping 
leaves, with curved tips. Var. 7 iana is confined to the moun- 
tains of the north of our islands, and ascends to 2700 feet, which 
is 300 feet higher than is recorded of the type. 
