CHAP. CX1II.

CONI'FERiE. JUNl'pERUS.

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§ i. O xycedri .— Leaves spreading in the adult plants. D. Don.* 1. 7. commu'nis L. The common Juniper.

Identification. Lin. Sp. PI, H70.; Willd., 4. p. 853.; FI. Br., 1085. ; Eng. Bot, t. 1100.; Hook.Scot., 290.; Woodv., t. 95. \ Mill. Illust., t. 95. ; Ehr. PI. Off, 449.; Eng/. Flor, 4. p. 251.; N. DuHam., 6. p. 46. j Hook. Brit. FI., p. 434.; Lindl. Syn., p. 241.; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836; Bon Jard.,ed. 1837.

Synonymes. J. No. 1661«., Hall. Hist., 2. p. 319.; J. vulg&ris, &c., Rail Syn., 444., Bauh, Hist., 1.pt. 2. p. 293., Bauh. Pin., 488., Ger. Em., 1372., Matth. Valgr., 1. p. 109., Cam. Epit., p. 53., Lob.Ic., 2. p. 222.; J. minor Fuchs Hist., p. 78., Ic., t. 44., Dalech. Hist., p. 67.; J. commCinis sax&tilisPall. Ross., 2. p. 12.; J. alpina Cl us. Hist., 38., J. Bauh., 1. lib. 9. p. 809.; J. minor montana C.Bauh. Pin. ; Genevrier commun, Fr.; gemeiner Wachholder, Ger.

Engravings. Engl. Bot., t. 1100.; Woodv., t. 95.; Mill. Illust., t. 95.; N. Du Ham., t. 15. f. 1. ;Hayne Abbild., t. 206.; our fig. 2349. to our usual scale; and fig. 2348. of the natural size.

Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves in threes, spreading, mucronate. Berries longish.{Willd.') An evergreen shrub; a native of Europe, North America, andAsia ; flowering in May.

Varieties.

it J . c. 1 vulgaris Park. Theat., 1029., Mart. Mill., No. 7.; .7. v. fruticosaBauh. Pin., p. 488.; 7. c. erectis Pursh FI. Amer. Sept., ii. p. 646. —Leaves, according to Hayne, ^ in. in length. A bushy shrub, from3 ft. to 3 ft. high; but, in favourable situation?, growing muchhigher. {Willd.)

it J. c. 2 suecica Mart. Mill., Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., v.p. 414.; 7. suecica Mill. Diet., No. 2.; 7. vulgaris arborBauh.-, the Swedish, or true, Juniper; {fig. 2343.) hasthe leaves spreading and acute, and according toHayne, 1 in. in length; and the branches erect, withoblong fruit. This kind was supposed by Miller to ,be a species, because he found it always come true fromseed. It generally attains the height of 10 ft. or 12 ft.,and sometimes of 16 ft. or 18 ft. The branches aremore erect than those of the common juniper; theleaves are narrower, they end in more acute points,and are placed farther asunder on the branches; theberries are also larger and longer. It is a native ofSweden, Denmark, and Norway, and is in commoncultivation in British nurseries. The leaves of theplants in the Horticultural Society’s Garden, whichare marked 7. suecica, and also those of the plantsthat are sold for that variety, or species in the British nurseries, arerather shorter than those of the common juniper; or, at all events,not longer. Perhaps the variety 7. c. oblonga, mentioned below,which has leaves an inch long, and the fruit oblong,may be the true Swedish Juniper.

* J. c. 3 ndna Willd. Sp. PI., iv. p. 854.; 7. commiinis RFI. Br., 1086., Lightf, p. 624., Lin. Sp. PL, 1470.;

7. c. saxatilis Pall. Ross, ii. t. 54.; 7. No. 1661.

Hall. Hist., ii. p. 320.; 7. alpina Rap Spn., 444., IBauh. Hist., i. pt. 2. p. 301. f. 302., Clus. Hist., p. 38., jPann., p. 26. f. 25., Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836 ; 7. alpina Iminor Ger. Emac., 1372.; 7. minor montana, &c.,

Bauh. Pin., 489., N. Du Ham., vi. p. 46.; 7. nanaSmith Engl. FI., iv. p. 252.; 7. sibirica Hort.-, 7.daiirica, Hort.-, 7. c. montana Ait. Hort. Kew., v.p. 415.; and oury%. 2344.; has the leaves broaderand thicker, and the fruit longer, than the spe- 2344cies.

« J. c. 1 oblonga, 7. oblonga Hort., {fig. 2346.) has longerleaves than any other variety, and small oblong fruit.

There is a large bush of this variety in the Horticultural Society’s