Tree sometimes 20m. 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 suze 
ut moreretur, et ait: Sufficit mihi Do- 
mine, tolle animam meam: neque enim 
melior sum, quam patres mei. 
Projecitque se, et obdormivit in 
is Umbra jumiperic:: 7 eet eee eee 
Lib, mi, Reg: xix, 4. 
Et mandebant herbas, et arborum 
cortices, et radix juniperorum erat cibus 
eorum, e e s e e e e e e e e e e e e @ 
Job. xxx, 4. 
