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in North America, on the banks of the waters of the Rocky Moun-tains, by Mr. Lewis (see Pursh FL Amer. Sept., ii. p. 647.); and,since, it has been found on the Himalayas, by Captain Webb, inGossainthan, Kamaon, and on the confines of Tartary. It is a veryfree grower; and there are plants at Messrs. Loddiges’s, in theHorticultural Society’s Garden, and in the Fulham Nursery. Thereis a large tree of this species in the Jardin des Plantes, 32 ft. high,diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 3 in., and of the head 25 ft.

« 13../. squama'ta D. Don. The scaled Juniper, or creeping Cedar.Identification. Lamb. Pin., 2. No. 66.; D. Don FI. Nepalensis, p. 55.; Royle Illust.

Spec. Chur., fyc. Leaves in threes, closely imbricated, ovate-oblong, more or less pointed ;remaining on after they are withered; young ones inflexed at the apex, as if obtuse-Berries ovate, umbilicate on the top. Branches and branchlets crowded round. Stemprostrate. (Lamb. Pin.) A large, decumbent, much-branched shrub. Branches large,Sft. to 6ft., reclinate; apices ascending. Bark brownish purple, scalingofF. Branchletscrowded round, closely imbricated with leaves. Leaves in threes, oblong, closely imbri-cated,of an intense green, very smooth, externally convex ; young ones generally ob-tuse, with an inflexed point; adult ones more or less pointed; when withered, alwayshaving a very long point, persistent, and adhering to the branches like scales; whencethe name. Berries numerous, roundish-ovate, solitary, red, on a short scaly footstalk,umbilicate at the summit, a little larger than in the common juniper. {Lamb. Pin.)Found in Narainhetty, in Nepal, by Dr. Hamilton ; and on the Bhotan Alps, by Cap-tain Webb : flowering in August. It was introduced in 1824; but we have not seen theplant.

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« 14. J. recuTiva Ham. The recurved Nepal Juniper.

Identification. Ham. MSS., as quoted in Don’s Flora Nepalensis, p. 55.

Engraving. Oux fig. 2371.

Spec. Char., 4'c. Leaves linear-lanceolate, mucronateloosely imbricated, smooth, convex beneath. Berriesroundish oval, tubercled. Branches and branchletsrecurved. (D. Don.) A shrub, found by Dr. Hamil-ton in Narainhetty, in Nepal, and flowering there inFebruary. There is a plant in the Horticultural So-ciety’s Garden, which, in 1837, after having beenfour years planted, was 3 ft. high; and one at Messrs.Loddiges’s, 4 ft. high, which ripened fruit, and fromwhich our figure was taken. It forms a gracefulbush, or low tree, from its pendulous habit; and it isreadily distinguished from all the other species, notonly by this circumstance, but by the mixture of itsbrown, half-decayed chaffy leaves of the past year,with its greenish grey leaves of the present year.The bark is rough, brown, and soon begins to curlup; when it has a rough appearance, and ultimatelyscales off - .

* 15. J. uvFfera D. Don. The grape-bearing, or large-fruited, Juniper.

Identification. Lamb. Pin., 2. No. 67.

Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves ovate, obtuse, adpressed, imbricated in 4 rows. Branchlets short, erect,crowded, knotted. Drupes terminal, roundish. {Lamb. Pin.) A decumbent, much branchedshrub. Branches ascending, round, covered with a greyish brown scaly bark. Branchlets short,erect, crowded, closely imbricated with leaves, knotted, twiggy. Leaves ovate, obtuse, adpressed,imbricated in 4 rows, quite entire, coriaceous, glabrous, smooth. Drupes roundish, purple, aboutthe size and shape of a small grape, solitary on the apexes of the branchlets, sessile, smooth.Abundant about Cape Horn, and the only species in the southern hemisphere. It was introducedfrom Cape Horn by Mr. Middleton, probably about the beginning of the present century, but wehave not seen a plant. (See Lambert.)

i 16. ./. barbade'nsis L. The Barbadoes Juniper.

Identification. Ian. Sp. PI., 1471.; Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 851.; Reich., 4. p. 276.; Pluk. Phyt.,t. 197. f. 4. ; Mart. Mill., No. 2.; Pursh FI. Amer. Sept., 2. p. 647.

Synonymes. J. bermudi&na Hort. Ang., t. 1. f. 1., Brown Jam., 362. ; Jamaica Berry-bearingCedar.

Engraving. Pluk. Phyt., 1.197. f. 4.

Spec. Char., %c. All the leaves imbricate in 4 rows; the younger ovate, the older acute. ( Willd.)A large timber tree, with very widely spreading branches. The bark is rugged, of a very dark