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J U N I P E R U S communis.
Common juniper,.
DIOECIA Monadelpbia.
Gen. Char. M a l e , Cal. fc a le s o f a c a tk in . Cor.
n o n e . St am. 3 . F em a le , Cal. fc a le s o f a c a tk in ,
few e r , a t le n g th p u lp y , u n ite d in to a berry w ith 3 feeds.
Spec. Char. L e a v e s th r e e to g e th e r , fp r e a d in g , t ip p e d
w ith a fp in e , an d Jon g e r th a n th e r ip e fru it .
Syn. J u n ip e ru s c om m u n is . Linn. Sp. PI. 14 70 .
Hudf. 4 3 6 . With. 5 9 9 . Hull. 2 2 2 . Relh. 3 9 2 .
Sibth. 2 1 0 . Woodv. Med. Bot. t. 9 5 .
J. v u lg a r is , b a c c is p arvis p u rp u r e is . Raii Syn. 4 4 4 .
p. J . a lp in a . Raii Syn. 4 4 4 .
C
O E N T us by the Rev. Dr. Abbot from juniper-hill between
Middleton-ftony and Oxford early in June laft. This fhrub
delights in open hilly fpots on a limeftone foil, and grows
abundantly in fuch places, though by no means a general
Britifh plant.
The ftrong woody intricate Items and branches fpread
widely, and are clothed with frnooth, pungent, linear, evergreen,
fpreading leaves, glaucous on their upper fide, placed
three together in alternate parcels. Catkins dioecious, axillary,
folitary, feffile, fmall, accompanied by imbricated bra£teae.
Anthers crefted, yellow, at length brown. Berry globofe,
dark purple with a glaucous tinge, fweetifh ; formed of the
confluent fcales of the female catkin, and containing three
oblong, angular feeds, to which are attached little veficles full
of the fame turpentine-like eflential oil which is diffufed
throughout the whole fhrub, and which is procured from the
berries by di (filiation, for medicinal purpofes. ----The alpine
variety 0 (for we can fcarcely believe it a fpecies) is more
humble in its growth, and has broader leaves with rather
oblong berries.