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coni'eehte. juni'perus.

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J. nepalensis Hort., Cupressus nepalensis Hart. Seeds of this specieswere sent to the Horticultural Society’s Garden, by Mr. Ward of the Isle ofWight, in 1834, and many plants raised from them. They are of vigorousgrowth, and have the general appearance of the common red cedar. Thelargest plant in the Horticultural Society’s Garden is 2 ft. high.

§ ii. S abin.ee. — Leaves of the adult plant imbricated. D. Don.

* 7. J. Sabi'na. The common Savin.

Identification. Lin. Sp., 1472. ; Hort. Cliff.; Woodv. Med. Bot., p. 256. t. 94.; Gouan Hort. Monsp.,510.; Hall. Helv. No. 1662. ; Scop. Cam., No. 1228. ; Gmel. Sib., 1. 183. No. 34.; Pall. Itin., 3. 368.;FI. Ross., 1, 2. 15. t. 56. f. 2.; Mart. Mill., No. 5. ; Willd. Sp. PL, 4. 852. : Ait. Hort. Kew., 5.p. 414.; Du Ham. Arb., 2. t. 62. ; Desf. Hist, des Arb., &c., 2. p. 559.

Engravings. Woodv. Med. Bot., t. 94. ; Pall. FI. Ross., t. 56. f. 2. : Du Ham. Arb., 2. t. 62, 63.:Bull. Herb., t. 139. ; and out fig. 2364.

Spec. Char., #c. Leaves oval, opposite, imbricated, somewhat acute, convexon the hack ; the male catkins pedunculate. F*” : ™ ~

blackish blue, generally monospermous. (jV. Dulow shrub, introduced before 1548, and flower-

ing in March and April-Varieties.

* J. S. 1 c upressifblia Ait. Hort. Kew., v. p. fO WMMWfc414.; J. lusitanica Mill. Diet., No. 11.; W'fffif'f)

Nabina Dod. Pempt., 854.; S. folio SiW' WCupressi Bauh. Pin., 487., Du Ham.

Arb., ii. t. 62., Bait Hist., 1415.; la 'WSjM» wwllP-Sabine male, Fr.; the Cypress-leaved miXeSp*

Savin; (Jig. 2359.) has the leaves like wMffl M®®those of a cypress. Iw mW

*» J. S. 2 t amariscifblia Ait., 1. c.; Na- %S§ ffit

bina fdlio Tamarisci Dioscoridis Bauh., 'H it

1. c.; J. Nabina Mill. Diet., No. 10.; la

Sabine femelle; the Tamarisk-leaved, 2359 2360

or berry-bearing, Savin. (Jig. 2360.)

J. S. 3 foliis variegatis Mart. Mill, has the leaves variegated.

There are plants of all the above varieties in the HorticulturalSociety’s Garden.

» J. S. 4 prostrata, J. prostrata Michx., J. repens Nutt., J. hudsonicaDodd. Cat., 1836, and ourfig. 2361., is a low trailingplant, seldom rising above6 in. or 8 in. in height, butrooting into the soil, and ex-tending its branches to a great

distance.

J. S. 5 a/phia, J. alpina Dodd.

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Cat., 1836, (fig. 2362.) is a

procumbent plant, more slen-der in its habit, but, in otherrespects, only slightly differentfrom J. prostrata. The plantin the Horticultural Society’sGarden is about 18 in. high.

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Description. Sfc. The savin, though generally seen, in British gardens, as

alow spreading shrub, has sometimes an upright trunk,clothed in a reddishbrown bark, and rising to the height of 10 ft. or 12 ft., or even higher. Itsbranches are nearly straight, very much ramified, and form, with the trunk,a regular pyramid. Its young branches are entirely covered with imbri-cated leaves, which have a very strong and disagreeable odour, and a

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