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Show JUNIPER. JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS. CHINESE SMILAX. SMILAX CHINA. Class XXII. Dicecia. Essent. Gen. Coar. Class XXII. Dicecia. Essent. Gen. Cuar. Stamina three. Order VI. Hexandria. Male flower—Calyxsix-leaved: Corolla none. Fe- male flower—Calyx six-leaved: Corolla none: Styles three: Berry threecelled: Seeds two. Spec. Cuar. Order XIT. Monadelphia. Male flower— Calyx an ament, scaly: Corolla none: Female flower—Calyx three-parted: Petals three: Styles three: Berry three-seeded. SPec. Cuar. Leaves ternate, patent, mucronate: Berry longer. ee Stem prickly, roundish: Leaves unarmed, ovate-cordate, five-nerved. DESCRIPTION. EE A. surun three or four feet high. DESCRIPTION. Leaves. numerous, long, Srems long g, slender, woody, climbing, furnished with claspers. narrow, pointed, of a deep green, standing three together, without footstalks. Flowers inconspicuous. Leaves smooth, pointed, five-nerved, on winged footstalks. Flowers in clusters, white, upon a slender common footstalk, HISTORY. arising from the axille of the leaves. HISTORY. Native of Jamaica, flowering in August. MEDICAL VIRTUES. Ordered for the same purposes as the last, and supposed to have similar virtues, though in rather an inferior degree. Nativé of Britain; an evergreen growing on heaths, flowering in May ; also found in all parts of Europe: The berries are chiefly brought from Holland and from Italy. The Italian berries are in general reckoned the best. Juniper-berries have a strong, not disagreeable smell, and a warm, pungent, sweet taste, which, if they are long chewed, or muchbruised, is followed by |