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Manual of the Southeastern Flora - Small
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5. JUNIPERUS [Tourn.] L.


5. JUNIPERUS [Tourn.] L. Shrubs or trees. Leaves in 3s, subulate, neither imbricate, nor appressed, glandless. Staminate aments axillary. Ovulate ament with ovules alternate with the scales. Cone baccate. Seeds wingless. - Spr. - Consists of ten or fifteen species, mostly in the more northern parts of the northern hemisphere. - JUNIPERS.