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brown, and splits off' in strings. The leaves are extremely small, and always imbricate. Theberries arc smaller than those of the Bermudas cedar, and are of a light brown colour when ripe.It is a native of the West Indies, and also, Pursh says, on the authority of Michaux, of the coastof Florida. It was cultivated in England in 1759, by Miller, but we have not seen the plant.
* j* 17. J. chine'nsis L. The Chinese Juniper.
Identification. Lin. Syst., 894 .; Reich., 4. 277 .; Mant., 127. ; Lour. Coch., 636.
Engravings. Our figs. 2372. and 2373.
Spec. Char. Leaves decurrent, imbricate-spreading, clustered ; stem leavesin threes, branch leaves in fours. ( Willd .)
Description , Src. According to Martyn’s Miller, Loureiro describes theChinese juniper as a shrub of 3 ft. in height, with twisted and very spreadingbranches. Leaves awl-shaped, hardish, dark green :according to Linnmus,t spreading, green on bothsides, more clustered thanin the other sorts, fastenedat the base, scarcely pun-gent, and extremely distinctby the density of the leaves.
(Mant.) There are twoplants in the HorticulturalSociety’s Garden bearingthe name of J. sinensis, maleand female, 12 ft. and 10 ft. high. The leaves are green, short, and imbri-cated ; the fruit rough, angular, and dry; and the plants do not accord, insome respects, with the species described by Loureiro. Specimens of theplant in the Horticultural Society’s Garden were, however, compared by Pro-fessor Don with the Linnman specimens, and he is of opinion that it is correctlynamed.
J. c. 2 Smithii. A species of Juniperus in the Horticultural Society’sGarden (fig. 2374.), without a name, and said to have beenreceived from Smith of Ayr, about 1825 or before, bears a closeresemblance to J. chinensis, but the fruit is rather moreangular. The plant in the garden is of vigorous growth, 8 ft.or 10 ft. high; it produces both male and female blossoms,and ripens fruit. There can be no doubt that it is not aEuropean plant; nor are there any species at all resemblingit from North America. We have been informed that thereis a species in some of the Scotch nurseries raised from Nepalseeds, and commonly called Juniperus nepalensis, which bearsso close a resemblance to Mr. Smith’s plant, as to leave littledoubt of their identity. Mr. Smith, to whom we have writtenon the subject, can give us no satisfactory information; andit even appears to us doubtful if the plant in the Horticul-tural Society’s Garden was received from him. We haveventured to give it a name, merely to prevent it from beinglost sight of; and because we should wish to see such a vigo- *5/4rous-growing healthy species propagated, and introduced into collections.
App. i. Kinds of Juniperus mentioned in Books, but of whichvery little is known.
J. foetidissima Willd. Sp. PI. approaches J. excelsa, but has not been yet introduced.
J. capensis Lam. Diet., p. 626., Desf. Hist, des Arb., &c., Dum. Bot. Cult., 6. p. 444., has anupright trunk, and numerous branches, which are short and close together. The leaves, at theextremity of the branches, are in threes, linear, sharply pointed, and glaucous ; the others are smallerand imbricated. Lamarck mentions having sent this species to Kew j but it is not included in theHortus Kewensis. Desfontaines says that the species is rare and little known, and that it requiresprotection during winter.