. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. no The Junipers winter or early spring. The staminate are 3 to 6 mm. long, consisting of 18 to 24 stamens, usually in whorls of 3; their connectives are broader than long and denticulate. The pistillate flowers consist of several sessile ovaries subtended by about 6 spreading sharp-pointed scales. The fruit, which matures in the autumn of the second year after fertilization, is globular or oblong, 12 to 20 mm. long, almos
. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. no The Junipers winter or early spring. The staminate are 3 to 6 mm. long, consisting of 18 to 24 stamens, usually in whorls of 3; their connectives are broader than long and denticulate. The pistillate flowers consist of several sessile ovaries subtended by about 6 spreading sharp-pointed scales. The fruit, which matures in the autumn of the second year after fertilization, is globular or oblong, 12 to 20 mm. long, almost smooth, reddish brown, with a glaucous bloom; its flesh is firm, dry, and sweet. Seeds i or sometimes 2, ovoid, rather large, sharp-pointed, angled, and somewhat flattened on the inner side when there are 2 in a fruit; they are light brown, and shining above, yellow and dull toward the base. The wood of the Cahfomia juniper is soft, close-grained, and light reddish brown; its specific gravity is about It is very durable and is used for fencing and for fuel. The fruit is used by the Indians of its region as food, either fresh, or dried and ground into meal and baked. 3. PINCHOT'S JUNIPER — Junipenis Pinchoti Sudworth This very recently described Juniper occurs in thin, dry soil of flat grassy bot- toms in the Paloduro Canon of Briscoe, Randal, and Armstrong counties, Texas, where it attains a height of 6 meters with a tnmk diameter of dm. The trunk is very short; usually there are several trunks from an old firc-killcd stump. The bark is thin, shallowly fissured into narrow, confluent, persistent scales of an ashy gray color; the inner bark is dull brown. The twigs are rather slender, yel- lowish brown, finally gray and somewhat scaly. The leaves arc yellowish green, usually in 3's, but often in 2's, closely appressed, about 2 mm. long, sharply stiff- pointed, entire on the margin, thickened, keeled, and with a conspicuous depressed gland on the back; on young or
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