Tree sometimes 20 m. or more in height and of a py- 
ramidal outline; bark red-brown; branches horizontal 
below, ascending above; branchlets slender, beset with 
minute, 1 mm. long, appressed acute, dark-green leave s; 
those of the saplings linear, sharp-pointed, sometimes 5 
mm. or longer; fruit bluish, glaucous, about 5 mm, in 
diam. 
Frequent throughout Maryland and 
Virginia. —This species is very abundant along the 
Lower Potomac River, where it adds much to the strik- 
ing beauty of the shore flora. 
Et perrexit in desertum, viam unius 
diei. Cumque venisset et sederet sub- 
ter unam juniperum, petivitanime sue 
ut moreretur, et ait: Sufficit mihi Do- 
mine, tolle animam meam : neque enim 
melior sum, quam patres mei. 
Projecitque se, et obdormivit in 
Umbra junipers eaionhene eee 
Lib. un, Reg. xrx, 4. 
Et mandebant herbas, et arborum 
cortices, et radix juniperorum erat cibus 
eorum, e e e e e e e a 
6 @ e e ® ® @ 
Job, xxx, 4. 
